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Is CHARNELS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, CHARNELS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does CHARNELS mean?

Charnels is a form of CHARNEL.

  1. noun

    a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

  2. adjective

    gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

    “a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

13

Scrabble

15

Words With Friends

8

Letters

C (3) + H (4) + A (1) + R (1) + N (1) + E (1) + L (1) + S (1) = 13 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 CHARNELS

CHARNELS 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 CHARNELS

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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