CRUSTOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CRUSTOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRUSTOSE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUSTOSE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUSTOSE
No single letter turns CRUSTOSE into another word.
How CRUSTOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRUSTOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRUSTOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRUSTOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Forming or resembling a thin, hard crust, especially of a lichen that clings tightly to a surface.
Naturalists use crustose when a lichen cannot be peeled off the rock or bark it grows on. It contrasts with leafy and shrubby growth forms that stand away from their base.
How CRUSTOSE is used
A technical term found in field guides to lichens and algae.
- The crustose patches on the wall looked like grey paint.
- A crustose lichen is almost impossible to remove without chipping the stone.
- She learned to tell crustose forms from leafy ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUSTOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRUSTOSE
The 8 tiles of CRUSTOSE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUSTOSE
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Common questions about CRUSTOSE
- Is CRUSTOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRUSTOSE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRUSTOSE worth?
- CRUSTOSE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUSTOSE mean?
- Forming or resembling a thin, hard crust, especially of a lichen that clings tightly to a surface.
- What letters can be added to CRUSTOSE?
- No single letter can be added to CRUSTOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRUSTOSE:
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