CRANKY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CRANKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRANKY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRANKY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRANKY
No single letter turns CRANKY into another word.
How CRANKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRANKY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What stands out about CRANKY
- CRANKY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRANKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Easily irritated and bad-tempered, or sometimes odd and eccentric.
Tired toddlers and old men can both be cranky, though for different reasons. The word can also apply to a machine that works unreliably, such as a cranky old furnace.
How CRANKY is used
Cranky is informal and common in North American speech.
- The baby was cranky after the long flight.
- My cranky old car refuses to start in the cold.
- He turned cranky whenever dinner ran late.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRANKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRANKY
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Common questions about CRANKY
- Is CRANKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRANKY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRANKY worth?
- CRANKY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRANKY mean?
- Easily irritated and bad-tempered, or sometimes odd and eccentric.
- What letters can be added to CRANKY?
- No single letter can be added to CRANKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRANKY:
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