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Chiselling

c 3h 4i 1s 1e 1l 1l 1i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Rare · present participle of chisel

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does chiselling mean?

verb

  1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

    “Who's chiseling on the side?”

    Synonymscheat

  2. deprive somebody of something by deceit

    “The con-man beat me out of $50”

    Synonymscheatrip off

  3. carve with a chisel

    “chisel the marble”

Definitions shown for chisel, the base form of chiselling.

Is CHISELLING a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is CHISELLING worth?

Scrabble

16 pts
c 3h 4i 1s 1e 1l 1l 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

20 pts
c 4h 3i 1s 1e 1l 2l 2i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

18 pts
c 4h 4i 1s 1e 1l 1l 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

19 pts
c 3h 3i 1s 1e 1l 2l 2i 1n 1g 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CHISELLING

Hooks for CHISELLING

Add one letter to the front or back of CHISELLING to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

chisellings

Words that end like CHISELLING

Common words that share the ending -ELLING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

compellingdispellingpropellingexcellingexpellingimpellingmisspellingrebellingspellingsellingtellingforetellingdwellingshellingsmellingswellingbellingfellingjellingwellingyelling
All words ending in -ELLING

Chiselling: quick answers

Is CHISELLING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. CHISELLING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 16 points before board bonuses.
How many points is CHISELLING worth?
CHISELLING scores 16 points in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends, 18 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does chiselling mean?
chiselling is the present participle of chisel, which means “engage in deceitful behavior”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CHISELLING?
You can make 284 shorter words from CHISELLING, such as CHILLINGS, CHISELING, SCHILLING, CHILLING. See the full list.