CRAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CRAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRAVE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRAVE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRAVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about CRAVE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRAVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To feel a powerful, often physical desire for something.
To crave is to want something with an intensity that goes beyond ordinary preference, as when a pregnant woman craves an unusual food combination or a smoker craves a cigarette within minutes of quitting. The word works equally well for a craved feeling, such as a lonely person who craves company, and for a bodily need, such as a dehydrated body that craves water. An older, more formal sense of crave means simply to ask earnestly or beg, a use still heard in the polite legal phrase "crave the court's indulgence".
How CRAVE is used
A common word for strong desire, applied equally to food, comfort, attention, and, in an older formal sense, to earnest requests.
- She began to crave chocolate every afternoon.
- After the long flight, he craved a hot shower more than food.
- Lonely evenings made her crave company of any kind.
- The lawyer began by asking to crave the court's indulgence.
- Athletes often crave salty food after a hard workout.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRAVE
The 5 tiles of CRAVE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CRAVE
13 longer words begin with CRAVE.
Words with CRAVE inside
6 words contain CRAVE in the middle. Words that start with CRAVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRAVE
Common questions about CRAVE
- Is CRAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRAVE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRAVE worth?
- CRAVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRAVE mean?
- To feel a powerful, often physical desire for something.
- What letters can be added to CRAVE?
- CRAVE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRAVE:
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