Chicken
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
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.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/'tʃɪk.ɪn/
Syllables
chick·en
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Contains -EN ending; watch for the CHICK- opening pattern
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Scrabble
Worth 17 points; high-value letters C, H, K make this word valuable
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