Chenille is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 124 anagrams from letters in chenille (ceehilln).
1730-40; French: velvety cord, literally, caterpillar Latin canīcula, with etymological sense “little dog,” though attested only in senses “shrewish woman, dogfish, Sirius” (see Examples for chenille
They are, however, by far the best embroideresses in chenille,—silk and gold. About the easiest body to make is one of chenille ribbed with tinsel. Portières may be made of cloth, of knotted cords, or chenille. I consider that, with the chenille swallow, it is worth thirty shillings. Instead of sewing-silk, standards had best be worked with chenille, such as comes on purpose for embroidering. A not very promising substance to embroider with is chenille. The chenille is worked one way, and the silver goes the other way, contrary to regular crochet work. She held up a string of chenille monkeys, and danced them up and down. The boy added that the chenille was so ugly that it was without doubt German and no good. The chenille must pass through the material freely, so as not to draw it.