CREPUSCULE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CREPUSCULE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CREPUSCULE?
| 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 CREPUSCULE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREPUSCULE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
crepusculesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CREPUSCULE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CREPUSCULE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CREPUSCULE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CREPUSCULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The soft, fading light after sunset; twilight.
Crepuscule is the poetic cousin of twilight, borrowed from French and Latin roots about dimness. It suits writing that wants to linger on the grey-blue hour between day and night.
How CREPUSCULE is used
Crepuscule is mostly literary and rarely heard in ordinary conversation.
- The village lay quiet in the crepuscule.
- We walked home through the violet crepuscule.
- Birds fell silent as the crepuscule deepened.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREPUSCULE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CREPUSCULE
1 longer words begin with CREPUSCULE.
Shorter words from the letters in CREPUSCULE
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Common questions about CREPUSCULE
- Is CREPUSCULE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CREPUSCULE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CREPUSCULE worth?
- CREPUSCULE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREPUSCULE mean?
- The soft, fading light after sunset; twilight.
- What letters can be added to CREPUSCULE?
- CREPUSCULE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CREPUSCULE:
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