battle of the chemin-des-dames

NOUN
30 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B

battle of the chemin-des-dames is a valid 30-letter word worth 44 points in Scrabble and 48 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3A1T1T1L1E1O1F4T1H4E1C3H4E1M3I1N1-0D2E1S1-0D2A1M3E1S1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =44 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 88TRIPLE WORD → 132
MEANING

What does battle of the chemin-des-dames mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure.