CREDS is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 8 points
Yes for Scrabble. CREDS is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept CREDS?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CREDS is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREDS
No single letter turns CREDS into another word.
How CREDS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CREDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does CREDS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Credibility, especially the kind earned in a particular world.
Creds is the plural of a clipping and it behaves like a currency: you have them, you lose them, and you cannot buy them. Street creds came first and everything else followed — indie creds, green creds — and the singular is heard about as often as the plural.
How CREDS is used
Plural in form: street creds, no creds at all. The singular cred is equally common.
- The record cost him whatever creds he had left.
- Green creds are earned slowly and lost in one afternoon.
- She has creds in two worlds that do not speak to each other.
- Nobody hands out creds; they are noticed or they are not.
- The word creds is doing the work that reputation used to.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREDS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CREDS
Common questions about CREDS
- Is CREDS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CREDS is not in it.
- How many points is CREDS worth?
- CREDS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREDS mean?
- Credibility, especially the kind earned in a particular world.
- What letters can be added to CREDS?
- No single letter can be added to CREDS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CREDS:
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