Is CHESTNUTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHESTNUTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHESTNUTS mean?
Chestnuts is a form of CHESTNUT.
- adjective
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
“a chestnut horse”
- noun
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- noun
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
- noun
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
9
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + N (1) + U (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 14 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 CHESTNUTS
CHESTNUTS 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 CHESTNUTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- chestnut13
- tusches12
- chests11
- chuses11
- chutes11
- stench11
- tusche11
- chess10
- chest10
- chuse10
- chute10
- techs10
- tench10
- teuch10
- shunts9
- shutes9
- tenths9
- tushes9
- tusseh9
- echt9
- etch9
- such9
- tech9
- census8
- cestus8
- cutest8
- scents8
- scutes8
- hents8
- hests8
- hunts8
- shent8
- shuns8
- shunt8
- shute8
- shuts8
- tenth8
- teths8
- thens8
- cents7
- centu7
- cutes7
- scent7
- scute7
- scuts7
- sects7
- eths7
- hens7
- hent7
- hest7
- hets7
- hues7
- huns7
- hunt7
- huts7
- sesh7
- shen7
- shes7
- shun7
- shut7
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