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Noun

A V-shaped pattern or mark, often denoting rank.
V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
an inverted V-shaped charge
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).

Verb

To form or be formed into chevrons

Examples

He used the tiles to form a CHEVRON shape, angling for a double letter score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.

Synonyms

grade insignia, stripe, stripes, angle bracket, arrowhead, wicket

Scrabble Score: 15

chevron: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chevron: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chevron: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

chevron: valid Words With Friends Word