CRANESBILL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CRANESBILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRANESBILL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRANESBILL is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRANESBILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cranesbillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRANESBILL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CRANESBILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRANESBILL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRANESBILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A wild or garden plant of the geranium genus, named for its long beaked seed pod.
The cranesbill gets its name from a fruit shaped like a crane's bill. Gardeners value it for hardy, lobed leaves and flowers in pink, violet or blue that return each year.
How CRANESBILL is used
Cranesbill is the common name used by gardeners for hardy geraniums.
- A blue cranesbill grew beside the path.
- The cranesbill flowers all summer.
- She planted a cranesbill under the hedge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRANESBILL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRANESBILL
1 longer words begin with CRANESBILL.
Shorter words from the letters in CRANESBILL
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Common questions about CRANESBILL
- Is CRANESBILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRANESBILL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRANESBILL worth?
- CRANESBILL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRANESBILL mean?
- A wild or garden plant of the geranium genus, named for its long beaked seed pod.
- What letters can be added to CRANESBILL?
- CRANESBILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CRANESBILL:
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