Chill
/tʃɪl/
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
adjective
- Moderately cold or chilly.
"A chill wind was blowing down the street."
- Unwelcoming; not cordial.
"Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception."
- Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
"Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain."
- "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
"That new movie was chill, man."
- Okay, not a problem.
""Sorry about that." "It's chill.""
Total: 10 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
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 "Chill"
Chill is a 5-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Chill" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "chill" is a medium-scoring word.