CRAIG is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. CRAIG is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CRAIG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRAIG is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRAIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
craigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRAIG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRAIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,819.
What does CRAIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A rock or a crag.
Craig is the Scots spelling of a word English writes with a different ending, and it is far commoner in place names than in sentences: a great many hills carry it, and so do the surnames taken from those hills. Used as an ordinary noun it sounds deliberately Scottish, which is generally the intention.
How CRAIG is used
Countable: a craig, two craigs. Chiefly Scots and in place names.
- The path runs under the craig and out onto open hill.
- A craig that size takes the wind off the whole field.
- Two craigs stand above the loch and neither has a road.
- The farm is named after the craig behind it.
- He climbed the craig once and talked about it for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRAIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRAIG
The 5 tiles of CRAIG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CRAIG
3 longer words begin with CRAIG.
Words with CRAIG inside
4 words contain CRAIG in the middle. Words that start with CRAIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRAIG
Common questions about CRAIG
- Is CRAIG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CRAIG is not in it.
- How many points is CRAIG worth?
- CRAIG is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRAIG mean?
- A rock or a crag.
- What letters can be added to CRAIG?
- CRAIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRAIG:
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