CREW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CREW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CREW?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CREW is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CREW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CREW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does CREW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A group working together on a ship or aircraft.
Crew came from a French word meaning an increase, because it first named reinforcements arriving. The sense of a team came later, and the criminal sense is twentieth-century.
How CREW is used
Countable: a crew, two crews.
- The crew outnumbered the passengers on that flight.
- The word crew first named reinforcements.
- A film crew is a team and not a ship's company.
- The criminal sense of crew is twentieth-century.
- Two crews working opposite shifts on one vessel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CREW
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with CREW.
Words ending in CREW
13 words end in CREW. Useful as a back hook: play CREW onto a word already on the board.
Words with CREW inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain CREW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CREW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CREW
Common questions about CREW
- Is CREW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CREW, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CREW worth?
- CREW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREW mean?
- A group working together on a ship or aircraft.
- What letters can be added to CREW?
- CREW takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CREW:
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