CRANKINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CRANKINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRANKINESS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRANKINESS is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRANKINESS
No single letter turns CRANKINESS into another word.
How CRANKINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CRANKINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRANKINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRANKINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A fretful, irritable mood; the quality of being easily annoyed or grumpy.
Crankiness is the mood of a tired toddler or a commuter stuck in traffic: not full anger, just a short fuse. It often passes with sleep, food or a quiet moment.
How CRANKINESS is used
Crankiness is everyday spoken English, used of both children and adults in a mildly teasing way.
- His crankiness vanished after a good breakfast.
- The baby's crankiness meant an early bedtime.
- Lack of sleep brought on a spell of crankiness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRANKINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRANKINESS
1 longer words begin with CRANKINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in CRANKINESS
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Common questions about CRANKINESS
- Is CRANKINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRANKINESS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRANKINESS worth?
- CRANKINESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRANKINESS mean?
- A fretful, irritable mood; the quality of being easily annoyed or grumpy.
- What letters can be added to CRANKINESS?
- No single letter can be added to CRANKINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CRANKINESS:
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