CROSSRUFF is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CROSSRUFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CROSSRUFF?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CROSSRUFF is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CROSSRUFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
crossruffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CROSSRUFF scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CROSSRUFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CROSSRUFF has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CROSSRUFF mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To trump alternately in two hands of a partnership in a card game such as bridge or whist.
Players crossruff when each partner has a short suit that the other can trump. They lead to each other in turn and win tricks that would otherwise be lost. The same word names the sequence of play itself, written as a noun.
How CROSSRUFF is used
Crossruff belongs to card-game vocabulary and is also used as a noun for the play.
- We can crossruff and take the last six tricks.
- The partners began to crossruff hearts and spades.
- She planned to crossruff before the opponents could draw trumps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CROSSRUFF and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CROSSRUFF
3 longer words begin with CROSSRUFF.
Shorter words from the letters in CROSSRUFF
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Common questions about CROSSRUFF
- Is CROSSRUFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CROSSRUFF, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CROSSRUFF worth?
- CROSSRUFF is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CROSSRUFF mean?
- To trump alternately in two hands of a partnership in a card game such as bridge or whist.
- What letters can be added to CROSSRUFF?
- CROSSRUFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CROSSRUFF:
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