CRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRESS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRESS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRESS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cressyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRESS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does CRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Any of several fast-growing plants of the cabbage family with peppery, edible leaves, often eaten raw in salads and sandwiches.
Cress grows so quickly from seed that it is a common first plant for children to grow on a windowsill, often sprouting within days on nothing more than a damp paper towel. The best known variety, watercress, grows naturally in shallow streams and ponds and has a distinctly sharp, peppery flavor prized in salads and soups. Other varieties, such as garden cress, are grown in soil and used in much the same way, usually harvested while still young and tender.
How CRESS is used
A common everyday term in cooking and gardening for a peppery salad plant.
- She sprinkled cress over the sandwich for extra flavor.
- The children grew cress on a windowsill for a science project.
- Watercress is a variety of cress found growing in streams.
- The salad combined cress with sliced radish and cucumber.
- He harvested the cress just a week after planting the seeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRESS
6 longer words begin with CRESS.
Words ending in CRESS
6 words end in CRESS. Useful as a back hook: play CRESS onto a word already on the board.
Words with CRESS inside
6 words contain CRESS in the middle. Words that start with CRESS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRESS
Common questions about CRESS
- Is CRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRESS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRESS worth?
- CRESS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRESS mean?
- Any of several fast-growing plants of the cabbage family with peppery, edible leaves, often eaten raw in salads and sandwiches.
- What letters can be added to CRESS?
- CRESS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRESS:
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