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Is chafe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chafe is a Scrabble US word. The word chafe is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is chafe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chafe is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

CHAFE,

4-letter words (5 found)

ACHE,CAFE,CHEF,EACH,FACE,

3-letter words (10 found)

ACE,ACH,CAF,CHA,CHE,ECH,FAE,FAH,FEH,HAE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AH,CH,EA,EF,EH,FA,FE,HA,HE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 27 words from chafe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chafe

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Definitions and meaning of chafe

chafe

Etymology

From Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeɪf/
  • Rhymes: -eɪf

Noun

chafe (uncountable)

  1. Heat excited by friction.
  2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
  3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
  4. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:argument

Derived terms

  • chafen

Translations

Verb

chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)

  1. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
  2. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  3. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
  4. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
  5. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
  6. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Derived terms

  • chafage
  • chafe at the bit
  • chafing dish
  • chafing gear

Translations

References

  • “chafe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • friction burn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Verb

chafe

  1. Alternative form of chaufen

Spanish

Verb

chafe

  1. inflection of chafar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org