CRUCIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CRUCIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRUCIATE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUCIATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUCIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cruciatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRUCIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRUCIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRUCIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRUCIATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Shaped like a cross, as in the crossing ligaments inside the knee or the petals of some flowers.
Athletes know cruciate mainly from knee injuries, where a torn cruciate ligament can end a season. Botanists use it for flowers whose four petals form a cross.
How CRUCIATE is used
Common in sports medicine for knee ligaments and in botany for cross-shaped flowers.
- The footballer tore a cruciate ligament in training.
- Mustard has cruciate flowers with four petals.
- Surgeons repaired the cruciate structure in the knee.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUCIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRUCIATE
2 longer words begin with CRUCIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUCIATE
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Common questions about CRUCIATE
- Is CRUCIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRUCIATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRUCIATE worth?
- CRUCIATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUCIATE mean?
- Shaped like a cross, as in the crossing ligaments inside the knee or the petals of some flowers.
- What letters can be added to CRUCIATE?
- CRUCIATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRUCIATE:
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