Definitions For Chanticleer

Verb

{{en-verb}} To make the crowing sound of a cock. To crow in exultation.

Noun

CHANTICLEER (plural CHANTICLEERs) (now, _, rare, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.

Etymology

From Middle English Chauntecleer, from {{der, en, fro, Chantecler}} (modern {{cog, fr, Chanteclair}}), the proper name of the cock in the literary cycle of {{w, Reynard the Fox}}, that also gave origin to chantecler, the name of a chicken breed; from chanter, , to sing, to crow + cler, , clear, clearly.Attested in English since 1250–1300.

Is Chanticleer a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
21

The word Chanticleer is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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