CRISTA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CRISTA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRISTA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRISTA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRISTA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cristaeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRISTA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRISTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about CRISTA
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRISTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A narrow ridge or crest-like fold, especially one of the folds formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion.
Cell biologists count how many cristae line a mitochondrion's inner surface to estimate how much energy the organelle can produce, since more folding packs in more of the protein machinery needed for that work. Anatomists borrow the same Latin word crista for other narrow ridges elsewhere in the body, such as a small crest on a bone, entirely unrelated to any cell organelle. Textbooks keep the Latin plural cristae instead of adding an English ending, a detail that often trips up students meeting the term for the first time.
How CRISTA is used
A technical anatomical and cell-biology term, met mainly in biology textbooks and scientific descriptions.
- The diagram labeled a single crista folding inward from the mitochondrion's membrane.
- A narrow bony crista ran along the edge of the skull fragment.
- Researchers pointed to a crista folding visible under the electron microscope.
- Damage to the crista can reduce a mitochondrion's ability to produce energy.
- The textbook illustration showed a single crista in cross-section.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRISTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRISTA
The 6 tiles of CRISTA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CRISTA
3 longer words begin with CRISTA.
Shorter words from the letters in CRISTA
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Common questions about CRISTA
- Is CRISTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRISTA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRISTA worth?
- CRISTA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRISTA mean?
- A narrow ridge or crest-like fold, especially one of the folds formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion.
- What letters can be added to CRISTA?
- CRISTA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRISTA:
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