CRIBROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CRIBROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRIBROUS?
| 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 CRIBROUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRIBROUS
No single letter turns CRIBROUS into another word.
How CRIBROUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRIBROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRIBROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRIBROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Pierced with many small holes like a sieve.
Botanists and anatomists use cribrous for plates and tissues that are full of tiny perforations. Everyday writers prefer sievelike, so cribrous stays in specialist descriptions.
How CRIBROUS is used
A rare scientific adjective.
- The bone has a cribrous plate through which nerves pass.
- Under magnification the leaf looked cribrous.
- She described the cribrous surface of the coral.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRIBROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRIBROUS
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Common questions about CRIBROUS
- Is CRIBROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRIBROUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRIBROUS worth?
- CRIBROUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRIBROUS mean?
- Pierced with many small holes like a sieve.
- What letters can be added to CRIBROUS?
- No single letter can be added to CRIBROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRIBROUS:
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