Is CHASTENESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHASTENESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHASTENESSES mean?
Chastenesses is a form of CHASTENESS.
- noun
lack of ornamentation
“the room was simply decorated with great restraint”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
12
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + A (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 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 CHASTENESSES
CHASTENESSES 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 CHASTENESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- chasteness15
- chastens13
- encashes13
- enchases13
- escheats13
- nacheses13
- snatches13
- stanches13
- stenches13
- achenes12
- chasses12
- chasten12
- cheeses12
- chesses12
- enchase12
- escheat12
- sachets12
- scathes12
- teaches12
- tenches12
- antheses11
- estheses11
- sneeshes11
- achene11
- cashes11
- chants11
- chases11
- chasse11
- chaste11
- cheats11
- cheese11
- chests11
- encash11
- etches11
- hances11
- naches11
- sachet11
- scathe11
- snatch11
- stanch11
- stench11
- taches11
- thecae11
- thence11
- cassenes10
- centeses10
- essences10
- senesces10
- ethanes10
- ethenes10
- hastens10
- seethes10
- snashes10
- snathes10
- stashes10
- aches10
- caths10
- chant10
- chase10
- chats10
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