CRATONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CRATONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRATONIC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRATONIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRATONIC
No single letter turns CRATONIC into another word.
How CRATONIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRATONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRATONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CRATONIC
- CRATONIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRATONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a craton, an ancient stable block of the earth's crust at the core of a continent.
Geologists call these old, rigid regions cratonic because they have resisted folding for billions of years. Cratonic rocks are often some of the oldest on the planet.
How CRATONIC is used
Used in geology and plate-tectonics writing.
- The cratonic interior of the continent rarely shakes.
- Diamonds are often found in cratonic regions.
- The survey mapped a thick cratonic root beneath the shield.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRATONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRATONIC
The 8 tiles of CRATONIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CRATONIC
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Common questions about CRATONIC
- Is CRATONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRATONIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRATONIC worth?
- CRATONIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRATONIC mean?
- Relating to a craton, an ancient stable block of the earth's crust at the core of a continent.
- What letters can be added to CRATONIC?
- No single letter can be added to CRATONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRATONIC:
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