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CHAPS

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What CHAPS Means

CHAPS is a form of CHAP, which means:

  1. noun: a boy or man“that chap is your host”
  2. noun: a long narrow depression in a surface
  3. verb: crack due to dehydration“My lips chap in this dry weather”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHAPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 A1 P3 S1.

Anagrams of CHAPS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In CHAPS

31 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.

4 letter words (10)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing CHAPS

CHAPS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.