CRUSTY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CRUSTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRUSTY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUSTY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUSTY
No single letter turns CRUSTY into another word.
How CRUSTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRUSTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about CRUSTY
- CRUSTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRUSTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a hard, dry outer layer, or showing a short and grumpy manner.
Crusty works in two ways. It can describe food or surfaces with a firm shell, such as a crusty loaf or a crusty scab. It can also describe a person, usually older, who is gruff on the outside but often kind underneath. Both senses rest on the same picture of a tough outer layer over something softer.
How CRUSTY is used
Common in everyday English for bread and for gruff, short-tempered people alike.
- She tore a piece from the crusty loaf and dipped it in the soup.
- The crusty old sergeant barked orders but secretly looked after his men.
- A crusty layer of salt had dried along the edge of the bowl.
- He was crusty before breakfast and charming by noon.
- The pie came out of the oven with a golden, crusty top.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUSTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRUSTY
The 6 tiles of CRUSTY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUSTY
Common questions about CRUSTY
- Is CRUSTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRUSTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRUSTY worth?
- CRUSTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUSTY mean?
- Having a hard, dry outer layer, or showing a short and grumpy manner.
- What letters can be added to CRUSTY?
- No single letter can be added to CRUSTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRUSTY:
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