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Is chain a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chain is a Scrabble US word. The word chain is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

C3H4A1I1N1

Is chain a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chain is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3H4A1I1N1

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Yes. The word chain is a Words With Friends word. The word chain is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

CHAIN,CHINA,

4-letter words (7 found)

CAIN,CHAI,CHIA,CHIN,HAIN,INCH,NACH,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACH,AHI,AIN,ANI,CAN,CHA,CHI,HAN,HIC,HIN,ICH,NAH,

2-letter words (8 found)

AH,AI,AN,CH,HA,HI,IN,NA,

You can make 29 words from chain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chain

chain hcain cahin achin hacin ahcin chian hcian cihan ichan hican ihcan caihn acihn ciahn icahn aichn iachn haicn ahicn hiacn ihacn aihcn iahcn chani hcani cahni achni hacni ahcni chnai hcnai cnhai nchai hncai nhcai canhi acnhi cnahi ncahi anchi nachi hanci ahnci hnaci nhaci anhci nahci china hcina cihna ichna hicna ihcna chnia hcnia cnhia nchia hncia nhcia cinha icnha cniha nciha incha nicha hinca ihnca hnica nhica inhca nihca cainh acinh cianh icanh aicnh iacnh canih acnih cnaih ncaih ancih nacih cinah icnah cniah nciah incah nicah ainch ianch anich naich inach niach hainc ahinc hianc ihanc aihnc iahnc hanic ahnic hnaic nhaic anhic nahic hinac ihnac hniac nhiac inhac nihac ainhc ianhc anihc naihc inahc niahc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word chain. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in chain.

Definitions and meaning of chain

chain

Etymology

From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

chain (plural chains)

  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
  2. A series of interconnected things.
  3. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
  4. (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
  5. (surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
  6. (surveying) A long measuring tape.
  7. A unit of length, exactly equal to 22 yards, 4 rods or 100 links, and approximately equal to 20.12 metres; the length of a Gunter's surveying chain; the length of a cricket pitch.
  8. (mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
  9. (algebraic topology, originally) A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).
  10. (algebraic topology, homological algebra, more generally) An element of a group (or module) in a chain complex.
  11. (British) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
  12. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
  13. (nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
  14. A livery collar, a chain of office.
  15. (weaving) The warp threads of a web.

Synonyms

  • (series of interconnected rings or links): rackle
  • (series of interconnected things): See also Thesaurus:sequence

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Verb

chain (third-person singular simple present chains, present participle chaining, simple past and past participle chained)

  1. (transitive) To fasten something with a chain.
  2. (figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
  3. (intransitive) To link multiple items together.
  4. (transitive) To secure someone with fetters.
  5. (transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
  6. (figurative) To obligate.
  7. (computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
  8. (computing) To be chained to another data item.
  9. (transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
  10. (transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).

Derived terms

  • unchain
  • chain up

Translations

References

  • “chain”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “chain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Further reading

  • Category:chains on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Anich, Chian, China, china

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χai̯n/

Adjective

chain

  1. Aspirate mutation of cain.

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Source: wiktionary.org