CRIB is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CRIB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRIB?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRIB is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRIB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRIB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CRIB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does CRIB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A child's bed with barred sides.
Crib meant a manger before it meant a bed, which is why nativity scenes use the word without explanation. The sense about copying an answer came from school slang in the nineteenth century.
How CRIB is used
Countable. Also a verb: cribbed, cribs.
- A crib with sides that drop for lifting the child out.
- The word crib once meant a manger.
- He cribbed the whole answer and was caught at once.
- Two cribs of the same design and different age.
- Nativity scenes use crib in the older sense.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRIB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRIB
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with CRIB.
Words ending in CRIB
1 words end in CRIB. Useful as a back hook: play CRIB onto a word already on the board.
Words with CRIB inside
Showing 24 of 146 words that contain CRIB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CRIB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRIB
Common questions about CRIB
- Is CRIB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRIB, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRIB worth?
- CRIB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRIB mean?
- A child's bed with barred sides.
- What letters can be added to CRIB?
- CRIB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CRIB:
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