CHIEFTAINS

10 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What CHIEFTAINS Means

CHIEFTAINS is a form of CHIEFTAIN, which means:

noun: the leader of a group of people“a captain of industry”
noun: a head of a tribe or clan

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHIEFTAINS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 I1 E1 F4 T1 A1 I1 N1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CHIEFTAINS

656 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.

9 letter words (2)

CHIEFTAIN ETHICIANS

8 letter words (11)

ANTICISE ASTHENIC CANITIES CHANTIES CHIANTIS ETHICIAN FAINITES FAINTISH FANCIEST ICHNITES NITCHIES

7 letter words (37)

6 letter words (107)

5 letter words (172)

ACHES ACINI ACNES ACTIN AHENT AHINT AITCH ANISE ANTES ANTIC ANTIS ASHEN ASHET CAFES CAINS CANEH CANES CANST CANTS CASTE CATES CENTS CESTA CESTI CHAFE CHAFT CHAIN CHAIS CHANT CHASE CHATS CHEAT CHEFS CHEST CHIAS CHIEF CHINA CHINE CHINS CHITS CINES CITES ENACT ENIAC ENTIA ETHIC ETNAS FACES FACET FACTS FAINE FAINS FAINT FAITH FANES FASCI FASTI FATES FEAST FEATS FECHT FECIT FEINT FEIST FENIS FENTS FESTA FETAS FETCH FIATS FICES FICHE FICIN FIENT FIEST FINCA FINCH FINES FINIS FITCH FITNA HAETS HAFIS HAFTS HAINS HAINT HANCE HANSE HANTS HASTE HATES HEAST HEATS HEFTS HEIST HENTS HIANT HINTS ICHES INSET INTIS ISNAE NACHE NAIFS NASHI NATCH NATES NATIS NEATH NEATS NEIFS NEIST NICHE NICHT NIEFS NIFES NISEI NITES SAICE SAINE SAINT SAITH SATIN SCANT SCATH SCEAT SCENA SCENT SENTI SHAFT SHEAF SHENT SHIAI SHIFT SHINE SICHT SIENT SIETH SINCE SITHE SNATH SNIFT STAIN STANE STEAN STEIN STICH TACES TACHE TACHS TAINS TAISH TANHS TEACH TECHS TEINS TENCH TENIA THANE THANS THECA THEIC THEIN THENS THIEF THINE THINS TIANS TICES TINAS TINEA TINES

4 letter words (192)

3 letter words (105)

ACE ACH ACT AFT AHI AHS AIN AIS AIT ANE ANI ANS ANT ASH ATE ATS CAN CAT CHA CHE CHI CIS CIT EAN EAS EAT ECH EFS EFT EHS ENS EST ETA ETH FAE FAH FAN FAS FAT FEH FEN FES FET FIE FIN FIT HAE HAN HAS HAT HEN HES HET HIC HIE HIN HIS HIT ICE ICH IFS INS ISH ITA ITS NAE NAH NAS NAT NEF NET NIE NIS NIT NTH SAC SAE SAI SAN SAT SEA SEC SEI SEN SET SHA SHE SIC SIF SIN SIT TAE TAI TAN TAS TEA TEC TEF TEN TES THE TIC TIE TIN TIS

2 letter words (30)

AE AH AI AN AS AT CH EA EF EH EN ES ET FA FE HA HE HI IF IN IS IT NA NE SH SI ST TA TE TI

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