CRUELTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CRUELTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRUELTY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUELTY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUELTY
No single letter turns CRUELTY into another word.
How CRUELTY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CRUELTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does CRUELTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Behaviour that deliberately causes pain or suffering to another person or an animal, or indifference to that suffering.
Cruelty covers both violent acts and harsh, uncaring treatment that wears someone down over time. Law uses the word too, treating it as grounds for divorce or for charges of animal abuse.
How CRUELTY is used
Common in everyday speech and in legal language, usually followed by to or toward the victim.
- The society was founded to prevent cruelty to animals.
- He could not forgive the cruelty of her remarks.
- Cruelty to a spouse can be grounds for divorce in some places.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUELTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRUELTY
The 7 tiles of CRUELTY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUELTY
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Common questions about CRUELTY
- Is CRUELTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRUELTY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRUELTY worth?
- CRUELTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUELTY mean?
- Behaviour that deliberately causes pain or suffering to another person or an animal, or indifference to that suffering.
- What letters can be added to CRUELTY?
- No single letter can be added to CRUELTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CRUELTY:
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