Yes, chains is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Connect or arrange into a chain by linking

2. Fasten or secure with chains

Noun

1. Metal shackles; for hands or legs

2. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together

3. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

4. A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

5. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

6. Anything that acts as a restraint

7. A unit of length

8. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

9. A series of hills or mountains

10. A linked or connected series of objects

11. A necklace made by a stringing objects together;