CRECHE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CRECHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRECHE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRECHE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRECHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
crechesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRECHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRECHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,505 thousand.
What does CRECHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place where babies and small children are looked after while their parents are at work.
The word came into English from French, where it first meant a manger. In British usage a creche is usually a nursery attached to a workplace, a shop or a conference, so parents can leave their children in safe hands for a few hours. The same word also names a model of the stable scene at Bethlehem that families set out at Christmas.
How CRECHE is used
Written without the French accent in most English texts; common in British English for childcare and for the Christmas nativity display.
- The factory opened a creche so that new mothers could return to their jobs.
- Every child at the conference was signed in at the creche before the first session.
- She spent an hour arranging the little clay figures in the church creche.
- There is no creche at the gym, so he trains while his wife is at home.
- The town built a creche beside the market square every December.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRECHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRECHE
1 longer words begin with CRECHE.
Shorter words from the letters in CRECHE
Common questions about CRECHE
- Is CRECHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRECHE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRECHE worth?
- CRECHE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRECHE mean?
- A place where babies and small children are looked after while their parents are at work.
- What letters can be added to CRECHE?
- CRECHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRECHE:
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