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Updated June 2026
A domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat. It can also mean a coward in informal usage, or refer to a game of nerve involving dangerous behaviour.
“We're having roast chicken with vegetables for Sunday dinner.”
/'tʃɪk.ɪn/
chick·en
Contains -EN ending; watch for the CHICK- opening pattern
Worth 17 points; high-value letters C, H, K make this word valuable
Shorter words formed from the letters in “chicken”.
8-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “chicken”.
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