Chills
/tʃɪlz/
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters
Definition of Chills
noun
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
"There was a chill in the air."
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
"Close the window or you'll catch a chill. I felt a chill when the wind picked up."
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
"Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene. The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience. His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone."
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
verb
Anagrams of Chills
Letter Values
c3
h4
i1
l1
l1
s1
Total: 11 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Chills
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Chills"
Chills is a 6-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Chills" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "chills" is a medium-scoring word.