CRONK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. CRONK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept CRONK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRONK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRONK
No single letter turns CRONK into another word.
How CRONK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRONK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does CRONK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
slangAustralian
Unwell, unsound, or dishonestly arranged, especially of a horse or a scheme.
In Australian racing talk a cronk horse is one that is unfit or has been fixed not to win, which is where the word first spread. From there cronk widened to cover any deal that feels rigged and, separately, to feeling physically off. Both uses stay informal and largely Australian.
How CRONK is used
Informal; common in Australian speech, rare outside it.
- The stewards ruled the favourite was cronk before the race.
- He said the whole contract sounded cronk to him.
- She felt a bit cronk after the long flight.
- A cronk horse rarely fools an experienced trainer.
- They called the deal cronk the moment the paperwork arrived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRONK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRONK
2 longer words begin with CRONK.
Shorter words from the letters in CRONK
Common questions about CRONK
- Is CRONK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRONK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRONK worth?
- CRONK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRONK mean?
- Unwell, unsound, or dishonestly arranged, especially of a horse or a scheme.
- What letters can be added to CRONK?
- No single letter can be added to CRONK to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRONK:
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