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Is chinois a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chinois is a Scrabble US word. The word chinois is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3H4I1N1O1I1S1

Is chinois a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chinois is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3H4I1N1O1I1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

CHINOIS,

6-letter words (4 found)

CHINOS,HOISIN,IONICS,NICISH,

5-letter words (10 found)

CHINO,CHINS,CHONS,CIONS,COINS,HIOIS,ICONS,IONIC,SCION,SONIC,

4-letter words (23 found)

CHIN,CHIS,CHON,CION,COIN,CONI,CONS,COSH,HINS,HIOI,HISN,HOIS,HONS,ICHS,ICON,INCH,IONS,NISH,NISI,NOSH,SHIN,SICH,SINH,

3-letter words (30 found)

CHI,CIS,CON,COS,HIC,HIN,HIS,HOC,HOI,HON,HOS,ICH,INS,ION,IOS,ISH,ISO,NIS,NOH,NOS,OCH,OHS,OIS,ONS,SHO,SIC,SIN,SOC,SOH,SON,

2-letter words (14 found)

CH,HI,HO,IN,IO,IS,NO,OH,OI,ON,OS,SH,SI,SO,

You can make 82 words from chinois according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chinois

chinois

Alternative forms

  • chinoise

Etymology

Borrowed from French chinois. Doublet of Chinese.

Noun

chinois (plural chinoises)

  1. (cooking) A fine-meshed conical strainer.

Coordinate terms

  • food mill
  • tamis

Translations

See also

  • Chinoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Chine (“China”) +‎ -ois (“-ese”).

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /ʃi.nwa/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /ʃi.nwa/, /ʃi.nwɑ/

Noun

chinois m (uncountable)

  1. Chinese (language)
  2. Greek (something difficult to understand)

Derived terms

Adjective

chinois (feminine chinoise, masculine plural chinois, feminine plural chinoises)

  1. (relational) of China; Chinese

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • chiions

Source: wiktionary.org