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CHELATES

8 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CHELATES Means

CHELATES is a form of CHELATE, which means:

  1. adjective: relating to or characterized by chelation
  2. adjective: having or resembling chelae or claws
  3. noun: a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
  4. verb: form a chelate, in chemistry

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHELATES 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 E1 L1 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CHELATES

320 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.

7 letter words (12)

6 letter words (36)

5 letter words (93)

4 letter words (103)

3 letter words (57)

2 letter words (19)

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