CREAKINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CREAKINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CREAKINESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CREAKINESS is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREAKINESS
No single letter turns CREAKINESS into another word.
How CREAKINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CREAKINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CREAKINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CREAKINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of making a creaking sound, or of being old, stiff and worn.
Creakiness can describe floorboards that groan underfoot as well as a person whose joints complain in the morning. It is also used figuratively for a system or idea that feels outdated and shaky.
How CREAKINESS is used
Creakiness is used literally of noisy old things and figuratively of tired institutions or methods.
- The creakiness of the stairs gave him away.
- She joked about the creakiness of her knees.
- Critics pointed to the creakiness of the plot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREAKINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CREAKINESS
1 longer words begin with CREAKINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in CREAKINESS
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Common questions about CREAKINESS
- Is CREAKINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CREAKINESS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CREAKINESS worth?
- CREAKINESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREAKINESS mean?
- The quality of making a creaking sound, or of being old, stiff and worn.
- What letters can be added to CREAKINESS?
- No single letter can be added to CREAKINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CREAKINESS:
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