Is CHANGELING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHANGELING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHANGELING mean?
- noun
a person of subnormal intelligence
- noun
a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
10
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + G (2) + E (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CHANGELING
Single letters that turn CHANGELING into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from CHANGELING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- changing15
- lanching14
- leaching14
- gaching14
- leching13
- cageling12
- clanging12
- encaging12
- glaceing12
- glancing12
- channel12
- enchain12
- hanging12
- aching12
- change12
- eching12
- cleaning11
- enlacing11
- healing11
- chaine11
- haggle11
- heliac11
- higgle11
- lichen11
- chang11
- ching11
- ginch11
- angeling10
- gleaning10
- angelic10
- anglice10
- galenic10
- lancing10
- caging10
- haeing10
- haling10
- chain10
- chela10
- chiel10
- chile10
- china10
- chine10
- gighe10
- hance10
- laich10
- lanch10
- leach10
- niche10
- gach10
- angling9
- eagling9
- encinal9
- caning9
- glance9
- incage9
- inhale9
- lacing9
- ahing9
- hinge9
- laigh9
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