CRANKISH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CRANKISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRANKISH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRANKISH is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRANKISH
No single letter turns CRANKISH into another word.
How CRANKISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRANKISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRANKISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CRANKISH
- All 8 letters of CRANKISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRANKISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Somewhat odd or eccentric, or a little bad-tempered.
Said of a person with fixed, peculiar views or a prickly mood, though not seriously so. It is milder than outright rude, and crankish is a rare cousin of cranky that tends to stress eccentricity over irritation.
How CRANKISH is used
Rare and mild; used of people with odd opinions or a grumpy manner.
- The professor had a crankish habit of lecturing to the window.
- He grew crankish in his old age and argued with the postman.
- A crankish letter arrived at the newspaper every week.
- Her crankish theories amused the whole department.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRANKISH and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRANKISH
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Common questions about CRANKISH
- Is CRANKISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRANKISH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRANKISH worth?
- CRANKISH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRANKISH mean?
- Somewhat odd or eccentric, or a little bad-tempered.
- What letters can be added to CRANKISH?
- No single letter can be added to CRANKISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRANKISH:
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