CRANNOG is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CRANNOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRANNOG?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRANNOG is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRANNOG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRANNOG scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CRANNOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 411,717.
What does CRANNOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ancient fortified dwelling built on a lake or bog, often on an artificial island, in Scotland and Ireland.
A crannog was raised on timber piles or stones so that water protected the settlement from attackers. Archaeologists still find the remains of crannog sites in Scottish and Irish lochs, some used for centuries.
How CRANNOG is used
Crannog is mostly an archaeological term; a variant spelling ends in -e.
- Divers found timber from an Iron Age crannog beneath the loch.
- The museum rebuilt a crannog on the edge of the lake.
- A narrow causeway once linked the crannog to the shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRANNOG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRANNOG
3 longer words begin with CRANNOG.
Shorter words from the letters in CRANNOG
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Common questions about CRANNOG
- Is CRANNOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRANNOG, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRANNOG worth?
- CRANNOG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRANNOG mean?
- An ancient fortified dwelling built on a lake or bog, often on an artificial island, in Scotland and Ireland.
- What letters can be added to CRANNOG?
- CRANNOG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CRANNOG:
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