CRIPE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CRIPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRIPE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRIPE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRIPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cripesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRIPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRIPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does CRIPE mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
Used as a mild exclamation of surprise, alarm, or annoyance; a euphemistic variant of cripes.
Cripe softens an oath built on the name Christ, in the same way that words like gosh and heck soften stronger exclamations. Speakers usually reach for cripe or its more common relative cripes in casual conversation, when something unexpected or mildly shocking happens. Because it is an interjection rather than a word with a fixed grammatical role in a sentence, cripe typically stands alone or opens a sentence.
How CRIPE is used
Informal spoken exclamation; the longer form cripes is heard more often than cripe itself.
- Cripe, I nearly forgot my keys again!
- He muttered cripe under his breath when the ladder wobbled.
- Cripe, that thunder was loud.
- She let out a soft cripe when the phone slipped from her hand.
- Cripe, look at the size of that spider.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRIPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRIPE
The 5 tiles of CRIPE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CRIPE
1 longer words begin with CRIPE.
Shorter words from the letters in CRIPE
Common questions about CRIPE
- Is CRIPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRIPE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRIPE worth?
- CRIPE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRIPE mean?
- Used as a mild exclamation of surprise, alarm, or annoyance; a euphemistic variant of cripes.
- What letters can be added to CRIPE?
- CRIPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRIPE:
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