What CHICANE Means
- noun: a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- noun: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- verb: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- verb: raise trivial objections
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CHICANE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 I1 C3 A1 N1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CHICANE
70 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (12)
4 letter words (19)
3 letter words (23)
2 letter words (14)
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