CROW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CROW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CROW?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CROW is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CROW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CROW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CROW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does CROW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large black bird of the corvid family.
As the crow flies is sixteenth-century and inaccurate: crows follow features on the ground rather than straight lines. The verb about boasting is a separate word and imitates a cockerel.
How CROW is used
Countable. Also a verb in an unrelated sense.
- A crow will remember a face for years.
- As the crow flies is inaccurate about crows.
- The verb crow imitates a cockerel and not this bird.
- Two crows working the same field in shifts.
- A crow and a rook are told apart by the beak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CROW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CROW
Showing 24 of 71 words that begin with CROW.
Words ending in CROW
8 words end in CROW. Useful as a back hook: play CROW onto a word already on the board.
Words with CROW inside
Showing 24 of 72 words that contain CROW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CROW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CROW
Common questions about CROW
- Is CROW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CROW, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CROW worth?
- CROW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CROW mean?
- A large black bird of the corvid family.
- What letters can be added to CROW?
- CROW takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CROW:
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