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CHIEFER

7 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CHIEFER Means

CHIEFER is a form of CHIEF, which means:

  1. noun: a person who is in charge“the head of the whole operation”
  2. noun: a person who exercises control over workers“if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman”
  3. adjective: most important element“the chief aim of living”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHIEFER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 I1 E1 F4 E1 R1.

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 CHIEFER

66 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 (3)

5 letter words (7)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (23)

2 letter words (10)

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