CRABBED is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CRABBED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRABBED?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRABBED is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRABBED
Front hooks — 1
scrabbedBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRABBED scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CRABBED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does CRABBED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Crabbed describes someone bad-tempered and sour, or handwriting that is cramped and hard to read.
Crabbed brings to mind a sideways, grumpy scuttle, so it fits grumbling old men and also tight, awkward penmanship. Modern writers use it with a deliberately old-fashioned flavor.
How CRABBED is used
Crabbed is a literary word for temper or cramped writing.
- The crabbed old clerk glared over his spectacles.
- It took hours to read his crabbed handwriting.
- A crabbed reply came back the next day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRABBED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRABBED
3 longer words begin with CRABBED.
Shorter words from the letters in CRABBED
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Common questions about CRABBED
- Is CRABBED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRABBED, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRABBED worth?
- CRABBED is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRABBED mean?
- Crabbed describes someone bad-tempered and sour, or handwriting that is cramped and hard to read.
- What letters can be added to CRABBED?
- CRABBED takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CRABBED:
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