CREMAINS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CREMAINS 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 CREMAINS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CREMAINS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREMAINS
No single letter turns CREMAINS into another word.
How CREMAINS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CREMAINS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CREMAINS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CREMAINS
- All 8 letters of CREMAINS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CREMAINS mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
The ashes and bone fragments left after a body has been cremated.
Funeral directors favour cremains as a gentler word than ashes, and it blends cremated with remains. Families may keep them in an urn, bury them or scatter them.
How CREMAINS is used
Plural in form; common in the funeral trade.
- The cremains were returned to the family in a simple urn.
- She scattered the cremains over the lake.
- Cemeteries often have a garden set aside for cremains.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREMAINS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CREMAINS
The 8 tiles of CREMAINS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CREMAINS
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Common questions about CREMAINS
- Is CREMAINS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CREMAINS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CREMAINS worth?
- CREMAINS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREMAINS mean?
- The ashes and bone fragments left after a body has been cremated.
- What letters can be added to CREMAINS?
- No single letter can be added to CREMAINS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CREMAINS:
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