CRIT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CRIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRIT?
| 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 CRIT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CRIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does CRIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal short form of criticism or critique, especially a review or discussion of creative work.
A crit is a shortened, informal way of saying criticism or critique, most often used for a session in which students or artists review and discuss each other's work. Rather than a written review alone, a crit is typically a spoken discussion held in a classroom or studio setting.
How CRIT is used
Informal; typical of art school and design settings rather than formal writing.
- The art students gathered for a weekly crit of their latest work.
- Her professor's crit was blunt but genuinely useful.
- He dreaded the group crit more than the assignment itself.
- The magazine ran a short crit of the new exhibition.
- After the crit, she reworked the painting completely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRIT
Showing 24 of 48 words that begin with CRIT.
Words ending in CRIT
2 words end in CRIT. Useful as a back hook: play CRIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with CRIT inside
Showing 24 of 68 words that contain CRIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CRIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRIT
Common questions about CRIT
- Is CRIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRIT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRIT worth?
- CRIT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRIT mean?
- An informal short form of criticism or critique, especially a review or discussion of creative work.
- What letters can be added to CRIT?
- CRIT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CRIT:
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