CRICETID is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CRICETID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRICETID?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRICETID is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRICETID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cricetidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRICETID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRICETID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRICETID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRICETID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small rodent of the family Cricetidae, such as a hamster, vole or lemming.
Scientists group these animals together by shared ancestry, not by looks, so a cricetid can be a burrower or a swimmer. The family covers many New World mice and rats as well.
How CRICETID is used
A scientific term used in zoology texts and field guides.
- The vole is a common cricetid of damp meadows.
- Each cricetid in the survey was weighed and released.
- The museum keeps a skull of every cricetid collected on the trip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRICETID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRICETID
1 longer words begin with CRICETID.
Shorter words from the letters in CRICETID
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Common questions about CRICETID
- Is CRICETID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRICETID, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRICETID worth?
- CRICETID is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRICETID mean?
- A small rodent of the family Cricetidae, such as a hamster, vole or lemming.
- What letters can be added to CRICETID?
- CRICETID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRICETID:
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