CRIMINOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CRIMINOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRIMINOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRIMINOUS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRIMINOUS
No single letter turns CRIMINOUS into another word.
How CRIMINOUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CRIMINOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRIMINOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRIMINOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicrare
Guilty of, or marked by, serious crime or grave wrongdoing.
Criminous is an old word for something steeped in crime, whether a person accused of an offence or a deed that is monstrous. It sounds more solemn than the everyday "criminal". You will hardly meet criminous outside antique texts.
How CRIMINOUS is used
Criminous is archaic and used in historical or legal writing.
- The judge condemned the criminous plot in strong terms.
- A criminous gang had terrorised the port for years.
- Old chronicles speak of criminous deeds at court.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRIMINOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRIMINOUS
2 longer words begin with CRIMINOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CRIMINOUS
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Common questions about CRIMINOUS
- Is CRIMINOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRIMINOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRIMINOUS worth?
- CRIMINOUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRIMINOUS mean?
- Guilty of, or marked by, serious crime or grave wrongdoing.
- What letters can be added to CRIMINOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CRIMINOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CRIMINOUS:
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