What It Scores
CHINES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 I1 N1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of CHINES (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CHINES
65 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.
5 letter words (7)
4 letter words (23)
3 letter words (24)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.