Is CHANNELLING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHANNELLING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHANNELLING mean?
Channelling is a form of CHANNEL.
- noun
a path over which electrical signals can pass
“a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company”
- noun
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
“the fields were crossed with irrigation channels”
- verb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
“Sound carries well over water”
- noun
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
11
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + N (1) + E (1) + L (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 CHANNELLING
CHANNELLING has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CHANNELLING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- channeling16
- enhancing15
- lanching14
- leaching14
- leching13
- hennaing12
- challie12
- channel12
- enchain12
- helical12
- aching12
- change12
- eching12
- cleaning11
- enlacing11
- healing11
- helling11
- chaine11
- heliac11
- lichen11
- chang11
- ching11
- ginch11
- angelic10
- anglice10
- calling10
- canning10
- celling10
- galenic10
- lancing10
- haeing10
- haling10
- chain10
- chela10
- chiel10
- chile10
- chill10
- china10
- chine10
- hance10
- laich10
- lanch10
- leach10
- niche10
- gach10
- encinal9
- caning9
- gallic9
- glance9
- incage9
- inhale9
- lacing9
- ahing9
- hinge9
- laigh9
- neigh9
- ache9
- chai9
- chia9
- chin9
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