CRICKET is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CRICKET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRICKET?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRICKET is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRICKET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cricketsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRICKET scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CRICKET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does CRICKET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven on a grass field with two wickets, or a small jumping insect that chirps.
Cricket as a sport is played across Britain, India, Australia and many other countries, and a match can last several days. The insect cricket makes its song by rubbing its wings together, and it is often heard on warm evenings.
How CRICKET is used
The word cricket may mean the sport or the insect, and the context makes clear which.
- They watched cricket on the village green all afternoon.
- A cricket chirped under the porch after dark.
- The test match at that cricket ground drew a huge crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRICKET and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRICKET
6 longer words begin with CRICKET.
Shorter words from the letters in CRICKET
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Common questions about CRICKET
- Is CRICKET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRICKET, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRICKET worth?
- CRICKET is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRICKET mean?
- A bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven on a grass field with two wickets, or a small jumping insect that chirps.
- What letters can be added to CRICKET?
- CRICKET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CRICKET:
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