Is CHORTLES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHORTLES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHORTLES mean?
Chortles is a form of CHORTLE.
- verb
laugh quietly or with restraint
- noun
a soft partly suppressed laugh
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
8
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + T (1) + L (1) + E (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 CHORTLES
CHORTLES 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 CHORTLES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cholers12
- chortle12
- clothes12
- hectors12
- rochets12
- rotches12
- tochers12
- torches12
- troches12
- cherts11
- choler11
- chores11
- clothe11
- cloths11
- cosher11
- hector11
- loches11
- ochers11
- ochres11
- rochet11
- rotche11
- schorl11
- tocher11
- troche11
- holster10
- hostler10
- chert10
- chest10
- chore10
- chose10
- cloth10
- echos10
- letch10
- loche10
- lochs10
- ocher10
- oches10
- ochre10
- retch10
- rotch10
- techs10
- torch10
- colters9
- corslet9
- costrel9
- lectors9
- helots9
- horste9
- hostel9
- hotels9
- others9
- reshot9
- tholes9
- throes9
- cosh9
- echo9
- echt9
- etch9
- lech9
- loch9
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