Is CRINGING valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRINGING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is CRINGING worth?

CRINGING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to CRINGING?

CRINGING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

CRINGING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points

Yes. CRINGING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.

c3r1i1n1g2i1n1g2

PlayableCRINGING · 8 letters · 12 pts Scrabble · 17 pts WWF

12points in Scrabble

17points in Words with Friends

8letters

1hook available

Which word lists accept CRINGING?

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: 40 / 100

40WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

rack + board tile

Tile availability 20%

5.5%

Our own measure of how useful CRINGING is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for CRINGING

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

cringings13

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How CRINGING scores

Scrabble c3r1i1n1g2i1n1g2 12

Words with Friends c4r1i1n2g3i1n2g3 17

Face value of the 8 tiles in CRINGING, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
c	1	2
r	1	6
i	2	9
n	2	6
g	2	3

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRINGING has to be built on the board across turns.

Words starting with CRINGING

cringings13 cringingly17

2 longer words begin with CRINGING.

Shorter words from the letters in CRINGING

gricing11 crining10 girning9 ringing9 ricing9 icing8 ricin7 iring6 ging6 grig6 rigg6 ginn5 girn5 grin5 ring5 cig6 gig5 igg5 gin4 ing4 rig4 inn3 rin3 gi3 in2

Common questions about CRINGING

Is CRINGING valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRINGING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is CRINGING worth?: CRINGING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to CRINGING?: CRINGING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRINGING:

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