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CHICORY

7 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CHICORY Means

  1. noun: the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
  2. noun: perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHICORY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 I1 C3 O1 R1 Y4.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In CHICORY

42 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 (1)

5 letter words (6)

4 letter words (11)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (9)

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