1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Chess in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does chess mean? Is chess a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is chess worth? chess how many points in Words With Friends? What does chess mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for chess

See how to calculate how many points for chess.

Is chess a Scrabble word?

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

C3H4E1S1S1

Is chess a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3H4E1S1S1

Is chess a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word chess is a Words With Friends word. The word chess is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4H3E1S1S1

Our tools

Valid words made from Chess

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (2 found)

CHESS,SECHS,

4-letter words (5 found)

CESS,SECH,SECS,SESH,SHES,

3-letter words (7 found)

CHE,ECH,EHS,ESS,HES,SEC,SHE,

2-letter words (5 found)

CH,EH,ES,HE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from chess according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chess

chess hcess cehss echss hecss ehcss chses hcses cshes sches hsces shces ceshs ecshs csehs scehs eschs sechs hescs ehscs hsecs shecs eshcs sehcs chess hcess cehss echss hecss ehcss chses hcses cshes sches hsces shces ceshs ecshs csehs scehs eschs sechs hescs ehscs hsecs shecs eshcs sehcs chsse hcsse cshse schse hscse shcse chsse hcsse cshse schse hscse shcse csshe scshe csshe scshe ssche ssche hssce shsce hssce shsce sshce sshce cessh ecssh csesh scesh escsh secsh cessh ecssh csesh scesh escsh secsh csseh scseh csseh scseh ssceh ssceh essch sesch essch sesch ssech ssech hessc ehssc hsesc shesc eshsc sehsc hessc ehssc hsesc shesc eshsc sehsc hssec shsec hssec shsec sshec sshec esshc seshc esshc seshc ssehc ssehc

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

Definitions and meaning of chess

chess

Wikibooks

Wikiquote

Pronunciation

  • enPR: chĕs, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/).

Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French échecs (“chess”) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”).

Noun

chess (usually uncountable, plural chesses)

  1. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Glossary of chess
  • checkers
  • draughts
  • scacchic

Etymology 2

Uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.

Noun

chess (plural chesses)

  1. (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Etymology 3

Compare French châssis (“a framework of carpentry”).

Noun

chess (plural chesses)

  1. (military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

References

“chess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • hESCs

Source: wiktionary.org