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Is chancel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chancel is a Scrabble US word. The word chancel is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

C3H4A1N1C3E1L1

Is chancel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chancel is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3H4A1N1C3E1L1

Is chancel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word chancel is a Words With Friends word. The word chancel is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4H3A1N2C4E1L2

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7-letter words (1 found)

CHANCEL,

6-letter words (3 found)

CANCEL,CHANCE,CLENCH,

5-letter words (13 found)

ANCLE,CACHE,CANEH,CECAL,CHACE,CHELA,CLACH,CLEAN,HANCE,LANCE,LANCH,LEACH,NACHE,

4-letter words (19 found)

ACHE,ACNE,ALEC,ANCE,CANE,CECA,CHAL,CLAN,EACH,ELAN,HAEN,HALE,HEAL,LACE,LANE,LEAN,LECH,NACH,NEAL,

3-letter words (19 found)

ACE,ACH,ALE,ANE,CAL,CAN,CEL,CHA,CHE,EAN,ECH,HAE,HAN,HEN,LAC,LAH,LEA,NAE,NAH,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AL,AN,CH,EA,EH,EL,EN,HA,HE,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 70 words from chancel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chancel

chancel

Alternative forms

  • chauncel (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃænsəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnsəl, -ænsəl

Noun

chancel (plural chancels)

  1. The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

Synonyms

  • apse
  • presbytery
  • sanctuary

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • chancellery

French

Alternative forms

  • cancel, chanceau

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chancel, from Latin cancellus.

Noun

chancel m (plural chancels)

  1. chancel

Further reading

  • “chancel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • cancel

Etymology

From Latin cancellus.

Noun

chancel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chanceaus or chanceax or chanciaus or chanciax or chancels, nominative singular chanceaus or chanceax or chanciaus or chanciax or chancels, nominative plural chancel)

  1. chancel

Descendants

  • French: chancel, cancel, chanceau
  • → Breton: kañsell
  • → English: chancel, chauncel
  • → Scottish Gaelic: seansal
  • → Spanish: cancel

Source: wiktionary.org