What CHALCID Means
- noun: any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CHALCID is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 A1 L1 C3 I1 D2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CHALCID
58 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
5 letter words (7)
4 letter words (21)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.