CROSSBONES is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CROSSBONES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CROSSBONES?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CROSSBONES is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CROSSBONES
No single letter turns CROSSBONES into another word.
How CROSSBONES scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CROSSBONES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CROSSBONES has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CROSSBONES mean in Scrabble?
noun
Two bones laid across each other, shown under a skull as a symbol of death or danger.
The crossbones form half of the old pirate emblem, and the same image warns of poison on labels. The word is plural in form and almost always paired with a skull.
How CROSSBONES is used
Crossbones is nearly always used together with a skull, as in a pirate flag.
- The pirate flag showed a skull above crossbones.
- A skull and crossbones marked the bottle.
- He drew crossbones on the treasure map.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CROSSBONES and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CROSSBONES
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Common questions about CROSSBONES
- Is CROSSBONES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CROSSBONES, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CROSSBONES worth?
- CROSSBONES is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CROSSBONES mean?
- Two bones laid across each other, shown under a skull as a symbol of death or danger.
- What letters can be added to CROSSBONES?
- No single letter can be added to CROSSBONES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CROSSBONES:
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