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chine

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Is chine a Scrabble word?

Yes, chine is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of chine?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.

2. (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.

3. (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.transitive

noun (English)

1. (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.Examples: "The cottage in a chine, we were not to behold it."; "In the odorous stillness of the day I thought of the tracks that threaded Egdon Heath, and of benign, elderly Sandbourne, with its chines and sheltered beach-huts."Southern-EnglandVancouver

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break.Examples: "The wayward son did chine his father's heart."; "A drought had caused the earth to chine and cranny."; "After the erth be brent, chyned & chypped by the hete of the sonne."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "chine"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "chine"?

Scrabble
10 points
C3
H4
I1
N1
E1
Words With Friends
11 points
C4
H3
I1
N2
E1

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