CRISPY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CRISPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRISPY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRISPY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRISPY
No single letter turns CRISPY into another word.
How CRISPY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRISPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about CRISPY
- CRISPY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRISPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Firm, dry and brittle on the surface, so that it snaps or crackles when bitten.
Cooks reach for crispy when talking about fried chicken skin, toasted bread, bacon or fresh pastry. It is close to crisp, but crispy tends to sound a little more informal and to describe food that has been cooked until crunchy. In older writing it could also describe tightly curled hair, though that sense has almost vanished.
How CRISPY is used
Very common in recipes, menus and food advertising.
- The bacon should be crispy at the edges.
- He loved the crispy skin on the roast potatoes.
- We ordered a bowl of crispy noodles with the soup.
- The crispy snow crunched under their boots.
- She baked the pie until the crust turned golden and crispy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRISPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRISPY
The 6 tiles of CRISPY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CRISPY
Common questions about CRISPY
- Is CRISPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRISPY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRISPY worth?
- CRISPY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRISPY mean?
- Firm, dry and brittle on the surface, so that it snaps or crackles when bitten.
- What letters can be added to CRISPY?
- No single letter can be added to CRISPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRISPY:
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