CRIA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. CRIA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CRIA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRIA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
criasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRIA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CRIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What does CRIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A young llama, alpaca, guanaco, or vicuna.
Cria comes directly from Spanish, where it simply means a young animal, and English breeders borrowed it specifically for the offspring of camelid species raised on farms and smallholdings. Unlike foal or calf, cria crosses species lines within that family, so the same word covers a newborn on a llama farm and a newborn on an alpaca farm next door. Fibre producers watch a cria's early coat closely, since its texture often predicts how valuable the adult animal's fleece will become.
How CRIA is used
Used specifically for young camelids, not for baby animals generally.
- The mother alpaca nuzzled her newborn cria in the morning sun.
- A cria takes its first wobbly steps within hours of birth.
- The farm welcomed three new cria this spring.
- Visitors were delighted to see a llama cria among the herd.
- The vicuna cria stayed close to its mother across the pasture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRIA
2 longer words begin with CRIA.
Words with CRIA inside
3 words contain CRIA in the middle. Words that start with CRIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRIA
Common questions about CRIA
- Is CRIA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CRIA is not in it.
- How many points is CRIA worth?
- CRIA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRIA mean?
- A young llama, alpaca, guanaco, or vicuna.
- What letters can be added to CRIA?
- CRIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CRIA:
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