CRANNY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CRANNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRANNY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRANNY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRANNY
Front hooks — 1
scrannyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRANNY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRANNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 367,917.
What stands out about CRANNY
- CRANNY 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 CRANNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, narrow opening or crack, especially in a wall or rock.
Cranny is best known in the pairing nook and cranny, which stands for every hidden corner of a place. The word probably comes from the Old French for a notch, and in a literal sense it describes spaces where dust, insects and small plants gather. Searching every cranny therefore means leaving no hiding place unchecked.
How CRANNY is used
Used mostly in the set phrase nooks and crannies, and in descriptive writing.
- A small fern grew in a cranny of the old wall.
- The mouse slipped into a cranny behind the stove.
- They searched every nook and cranny of the attic.
- Cold air whistled through each cranny in the door frame.
- He wedged the note into a cranny between the stones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRANNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRANNY
1 longer words begin with CRANNY.
Shorter words from the letters in CRANNY
Common questions about CRANNY
- Is CRANNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRANNY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRANNY worth?
- CRANNY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRANNY mean?
- A small, narrow opening or crack, especially in a wall or rock.
- What letters can be added to CRANNY?
- CRANNY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRANNY:
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