choice
CHOICE meaning: an option or decision; the six-letter word scores 13 points in Scrabble and has one anagram, ECHOIC.
Noun 4 meanings
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
“Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?”
The power to choose.
“She didn't leave us much choice.”
One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
“The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.”
Anything that can be chosen.
“You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Especially good or preferred.
“It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.”
Etymology
From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”).
Similar and opposite words
CHOICE is a common English noun for an option, the act or power of choosing, or the thing selected. Its six letters make it familiar outside word games, but the unusual C-C-H combination shapes its tile value. The key distinction is that its ordinary meaning is broad: a choice may be an available option or the final selection.
CHOICE at a glance
- CHOICE is a six-letter noun meaning an option, decision, or selection.
- Its base Scrabble value is 13 points: the two Cs and H supply 10.
- ECHOIC is its sole anagram, rearranging all six letters.
- No one-letter neighbor is recorded for CHOICE.
- It rhymes with VOICE, PRICE, NICE, and nine other words.
CHOICE meaning and its everyday senses
CHOICE names an available option, as in “You have a choice,” and it can also mean the decision itself. The word therefore covers both the alternatives and the act of selecting among them. In “a difficult choice,” it points to the decision; in “a choice of colors,” it points to the options.
A related sense is the power or freedom to choose. That use appears in phrases such as “the choice is yours,” where CHOICE describes control rather than a specific item. A final use means whatever someone selected: “my choice was the blue one.” These senses share one core idea, but the sentence tells you which one fits.
The noun can also refer to a picked item rather than the act of selecting it. In “a selection of books,” choice describes the range available; “her choice” names the item she settled on. Context separates that sense from personal freedom.
How many points is CHOICE worth in Scrabble?
In English-language Scrabble, CHOICE is worth 13 points before board premiums. The tile arithmetic is C (3), H (4), O (1), I (1), C (3), and E (1). The second C matters: treating it as a one-point tile would undercount the word by two.
What is the anagram of CHOICE?
Rearrange the same letters and you get ECHOIC, the only anagram recorded for CHOICE. The rhyme set includes VOICE, PRICE, NOTICE, ADVICE, and JUSTICE, all sharing the “ice” ending; CHOICE itself does not gain an anagram just because a rhyme sounds close.
CHOICE has no one-letter neighbors, so a single-tile swap will not produce a recorded match. That makes it a poor starting point for a neighbor hunt, even though its rhyme family is broad.
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