Is CHRISTENED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHRISTENED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHRISTENED mean?
Christened is a form of CHRISTEN.
- verb
administer baptism to
“The parents had the child baptized”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + R (1) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 16 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 CHRISTENED
CHRISTENED 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 CHRISTENED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dehiscent15
- stenchier14
- chedites14
- ditchers14
- drenches14
- enriched14
- richened14
- snitched14
- trenched14
- chestier13
- christen13
- citherns13
- cithrens13
- enriches13
- heretics13
- sithence13
- snitcher13
- trenches13
- cheders13
- chedite13
- chested13
- chiders13
- chinsed13
- dehisce13
- ditcher13
- ditches13
- herdics13
- retched13
- schneid13
- stridence12
- diethers12
- reshined12
- cithern12
- cithers12
- cithren12
- erethic12
- etchers12
- etheric12
- ethnics12
- heretic12
- inchers12
- retches12
- richens12
- richest12
- sthenic12
- techier12
- techies12
- tenches12
- cheder12
- chider12
- chides12
- chined12
- dreich12
- drench12
- etched12
- herdic12
- inched12
- itched12
- niched12
- teched12
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