CRUCIFEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CRUCIFEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRUCIFEROUS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUCIFEROUS is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUCIFEROUS
No single letter turns CRUCIFEROUS into another word.
How CRUCIFEROUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CRUCIFEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRUCIFEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRUCIFEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Belonging to the cabbage and mustard family of plants, whose flowers have four petals in the shape of a cross.
Cruciferous plants include broccoli, kale, radish and turnip, and nutrition writers often single them out as a food group. The name points back to the cross-shaped flower. The term is mostly botanical or dietary.
How CRUCIFEROUS is used
Mostly found with vegetables or in botanical descriptions.
- Broccoli is the best-known cruciferous vegetable in most kitchens.
- The garden bed was given over to cruciferous crops this year.
- Dietitians often recommend cruciferous greens for variety.
- Radish is a quick-growing cruciferous plant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUCIFEROUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUCIFEROUS
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Common questions about CRUCIFEROUS
- Is CRUCIFEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRUCIFEROUS, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRUCIFEROUS worth?
- CRUCIFEROUS is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUCIFEROUS mean?
- Belonging to the cabbage and mustard family of plants, whose flowers have four petals in the shape of a cross.
- What letters can be added to CRUCIFEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to CRUCIFEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CRUCIFEROUS:
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