CHINE

What CHINE Means

1. noun: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
2. noun: backbone of an animal
3. verb: cut through the backbone of an animal

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHINE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 I1 N1 E1.

Anagrams of CHINE (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In CHINE

21 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 (4)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing CHINE

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

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