CHEKIST

7 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What It Scores

CHEKIST is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 E1 K5 I1 S1 T1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In CHEKIST

152 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 (11)

ETHICS ITCHES KITHES KITSCH SCHTIK SHTICK SKETCH SKITCH THEICS THICKS TICHES

5 letter words (30)

CESTI CHEST CHIKS CHITS CITES ETHIC HECKS HEIST HICKS HIKES ICHES KETCH KHETS KITES KITHE KITHS SHEIK SHTIK SICHT SIETH SITHE SKITE STICH STICK TECHS THEIC THICK TICES TICKS TIKES

4 letter words (57)

3 letter words (40)

CHE CHI CIS CIT ECH EHS EIK EST ETH HES HET HIC HIE HIS HIT ICE ICH ICK ISH ITS KET KHI KIS KIT SEC SEI SET SHE SIC SIK SIT SKI TEC TES THE TIC TIE TIK TIS TSK

2 letter words (14)

CH EH ES ET HE HI IS IT KI SH SI ST TE TI

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.