What CHELATING Means
CHELATING is a form of CHELATE, which means:
- adjective: relating to or characterized by chelation
- adjective: having or resembling chelae or claws
- noun: a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
- verb: form a chelate, in chemistry
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CHELATING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 E1 L1 A1 T1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In CHELATING
496 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.
8 letter words (12)
7 letter words (27)
ALENGTHALETHICALGETICANGELICANGLICEATINGLECATLINGCHANTIEELATINGENLIGHTETCHINGETHICALGAHNITEGALENICGELATINGENITALGNATHICHALTINGHEALINGHEATINGLATHINGLECHINGLIGHTENLINCHETTAGLINETALCINGTINCHEL
6 letter words (67)
ACETINACHINGACTINGAIGLETALIGHTANCILEANETICANIGHTATELICCANGLECANTHICANTLECATLINCENTAICENTALCHAINECHALETCHANGECHITALCLIENTEATINGECHINGELTCHIENATICENGILTENTAILETHNICGELANTGELATIGENIALGENTILGLANCEGLITCHHAEINGHAGLETHALINGHALITEHANTLEHATINGHELIACHELINGHETINGINCAGEINGATEINHALEINLACELACINGLANCETLATHENLECTINLENGTHLENTICLICHENLIGATELINAGETAEINGTAGINETAIGLETANGIETANGLETEAINGTENAILTHECALTHENALTINCALTINEALTINGLE
5 letter words (123)
ACINGACTINAGENTAGILEAGLETAHENTAHINGAHINTAIGHTAITCHALGINALIENALIGNALINEANCLEANGELANGLEANIGHANILEANTICCANEHCHAINCHANGCHANTCHEATCHELACHIELCHILECHINACHINECITALCLANGCLEANCLEATCLINECLINGCLINTECLATEHINGEIGHTELAINELCHIELINTENACTENIACENLITENTIAETHALETHICGANCHGENALGENICGIANTGILETGLACEGLEANGLENTGLINTHAINTHANCEHANGIHIANTHINGEICTALILEACINCLEINGLEINLETINTELLACETLAICHLAIGHLAITHLANCELANCHLATCHLATENLATHELATHILEACHLEANTLEGITLENTILETCHLIANELIANGLICHTLIGANLIGHTLIGNELINACLINCHLINGALITHENACHENATCHNEATHNEIGHNGATINICHENICHTNIGHTTACHETANGITEACHTELIATELICTENCHTENIATHAGITHALETHALITHANETHANGTHECATHEGNTHEICTHEINTHINETHINGTICALTINEATINGE
4 letter words (149)
ACHEACNEAGENAGINAINEALECALITANCEANILANTEANTICAGECAINCANECANGCANTCATECEILCELTCENTCHAICHALCHATCHIACHINCHITCIELCINECITECLAGCLANCLATCLEGEACHEATHECHTEGALEINAELANELHIETCHETICETNAGAENGAINGAITGALEGANEGANTGATEGATHGEALGEANGEATGEITGELTGENAGENTGETAGHATGIENGILAGILTGITEGLEIGLENGLIAGLITGNATHAENHAETHAILHAINHALEHALTHANGHANTHATEHEALHEATHEILHENTHILAHILTHINGHINTILEAINCHITCHLACELAICLAINLANELANGLANTLATELATHLATILEANLEATLECHLENGLENTLICELICHLIENLINELINGLINTLITELITHNACHNAILNEALNEATNGAINICENIGHNITETACETACHTAELTAIGTAILTAINTALCTALETALITANETANGTANHTEALTECHTEILTEINTELATHAETHANTHENTHIGTHINTIANTICETICHTIGETILETINATINETING
3 letter words (92)
ACEACHACTAGEAHIAILAINAITALEALTANEANIANTATECAGCANCATCELCHACHECHICIGCITEANEATECHELTENGETAETHGAEGALGANGATGELGENGETGHIGIEGINGITHAEHAGHANHATHENHETHICHIEHINHITICEICHINGITALACLAGLAHLATLEALEGLEILETLIELIGLINLITNAENAGNAHNATNEGNETNIENILNITNTHTAETAGTAITANTEATECTEGTELTENTHETICTIETIGTILTIN
2 letter words (26)
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