Is CHORDATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHORDATES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHORDATES mean?
Chordates is a form of CHORDATE.
- noun
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
9
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + D (2) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 15 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 CHORDATES
CHORDATES 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 CHORDATES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cathodes14
- chordate14
- starched14
- thoraces13
- cathode13
- chadors13
- charted13
- coheads13
- crashed13
- echards13
- roached13
- scathed13
- torched13
- chaster12
- choreas12
- hectors12
- ochreas12
- oraches12
- rachets12
- ratches12
- roaches12
- rochets12
- rotches12
- tochers12
- torches12
- troches12
- arched12
- cashed12
- cathed12
- chador12
- chards12
- chared12
- chased12
- chords12
- chored12
- cohead12
- coshed12
- detach12
- echard12
- ochred12
- schrod12
- redcoats11
- dearths11
- dehorts11
- hardest11
- hardset11
- hatreds11
- sharted11
- shorted11
- threads11
- trashed11
- arches11
- chares11
- charts11
- chaser11
- chaste11
- cheats11
- cherts11
- chorea11
- chores11
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