Is CHESSBOARDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHESSBOARDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHESSBOARDS mean?
Chessboards is a form of CHESSBOARD.
- noun
a checkerboard used to play chess
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
11
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + B (3) + O (1) + A (1) + R (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 19 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 CHESSBOARDS
CHESSBOARDS 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 CHESSBOARDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- chessboard18
- crossheads16
- broached16
- caboshed16
- crosshead15
- borsches15
- broaches15
- braches14
- bached14
- barcodes13
- brocades13
- berdash13
- chadors13
- chassed13
- coheads13
- crashed13
- echards13
- roached13
- schrods13
- baches13
- borsch13
- brachs13
- breach13
- broach13
- broche13
- brochs13
- barcode12
- bashers12
- brashes12
- brocade12
- chaoses12
- chasers12
- chasses12
- choreas12
- coshers12
- crashes12
- eschars12
- ochreas12
- oraches12
- roaches12
- arched12
- bashed12
- cashed12
- chador12
- chards12
- chared12
- chased12
- chords12
- chored12
- cohead12
- coshed12
- echard12
- ochred12
- schrod12
- beach12
- brach12
- broch12
- abscess11
- boraces11
- dashers11
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