What CHIMES Means
CHIMES is a form of CHIME, which means:
- noun: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- verb: emit a sound“bells and gongs chimed”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CHIMES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 I1 M3 E1 S1.
Anagrams of CHIMES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CHIMES
62 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 (18)
3 letter words (25)
2 letter words (12)
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