CROTON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CROTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CROTON?
| 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 CROTON 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 CROTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
crotonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CROTON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CROTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,549.
What does CROTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical shrub or small tree of the spurge family, grown either for its brightly colored, patterned foliage or for the seeds that yield a powerful purgative oil.
Ornamental crotons are popular houseplants and garden shrubs prized for leaves splashed with red, yellow, orange, and green, sometimes on the same plant. A different use comes from croton oil, pressed from the seeds of certain species, which was once used medicinally as an extremely strong laxative but is now considered too harsh and irritating for that purpose. Gardeners commonly use croton informally for the plant itself rather than its full botanical name.
How CROTON is used
Common in gardening and houseplant contexts for the ornamental shrub, and in older medical and chemical writing for the purgative oil.
- She lined the patio with potted croton plants for their colorful leaves.
- The greenhouse displayed dozens of croton varieties in red and yellow.
- Old medical texts warned against the harshness of croton oil as a purgative.
- A croton hedge separated the garden from the driveway.
- Gardeners prune croton regularly to keep its shape compact.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CROTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CROTON
6 longer words begin with CROTON.
Shorter words from the letters in CROTON
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Common questions about CROTON
- Is CROTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CROTON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CROTON worth?
- CROTON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CROTON mean?
- A tropical shrub or small tree of the spurge family, grown either for its brightly colored, patterned foliage or for the seeds that yield a powerful purgative oil.
- What letters can be added to CROTON?
- CROTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CROTON:
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