Is CHORTLING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHORTLING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHORTLING mean?
Chortling 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
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
9
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + T (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 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 CHORTLING
CHORTLING 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 CHORTLING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- clothing14
- torching14
- choring13
- ochring13
- chlorin12
- trochil12
- glitch12
- gothic12
- grinch12
- tholing11
- chiton11
- orchil11
- rhotic11
- thoric11
- ching11
- ginch11
- gitch11
- gonch11
- gotch11
- holing10
- righto10
- throng10
- chino10
- chiro10
- choil10
- choir10
- choli10
- cloth10
- ichor10
- licht10
- notch10
- rotch10
- torch10
- coring9
- coting9
- liroth9
- locing9
- girth9
- grith9
- hongi9
- light9
- night9
- ohing9
- right9
- thing9
- thong9
- chin9
- chit9
- chon9
- inch9
- itch9
- lich9
- loch9
- rich9
- citron8
- cortin8
- lictor8
- cling8
- coign8
- corgi8
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