CRUSY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CRUSY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CRUSY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUSY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUSY
No single letter turns CRUSY into another word.
How CRUSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRUSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does CRUSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectScots
A small open iron lamp that burns oil, with a rush used as the wick.
A crusy is a traditional Scottish lamp, also spelled cruisie or cruizie, hung from a hook or set on a stand and lit with a rush soaked in fat or oil. It gave a small, smoky flame and served ordinary households before candles and gas lighting became common.
How CRUSY is used
Regional Scots term; met mainly in descriptions of older household lighting.
- The cottage was lit by a single crusy hanging from a hook.
- Oil for the crusy came from whatever fat the household could spare.
- A crusy gives a small, smoky flame compared with a candle.
- Museums display the crusy alongside other old Scottish ironwork.
- She trimmed the rush wick of the crusy before the evening chores.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUSY
Common questions about CRUSY
- Is CRUSY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CRUSY is not in it.
- How many points is CRUSY worth?
- CRUSY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUSY mean?
- A small open iron lamp that burns oil, with a rush used as the wick.
- What letters can be added to CRUSY?
- No single letter can be added to CRUSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRUSY:
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