CRUVE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CRUVE 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 CRUVE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUVE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cruvesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRUVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRUVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does CRUVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectScots
A small pen or enclosure for keeping animals.
A cruve is a Scots dialect word for a simple stock pen or sty, used for a few animals at a time rather than an open field. It is closely related to the word cruive and turns up mainly in older farm records and regional speech.
How CRUVE is used
Regional Scots usage; met mainly in older farm records and dialect writing.
- The lambs were kept in a cruve near the byre.
- He mended the fence of the old cruve before winter.
- A cruve held only a few pigs at a time.
- The farm records mention a cruve for young calves.
- Straw was laid down inside the cruve to keep the animals dry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRUVE
The 5 tiles of CRUVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CRUVE
1 longer words begin with CRUVE.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUVE
Common questions about CRUVE
- Is CRUVE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CRUVE is not in it.
- How many points is CRUVE worth?
- CRUVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUVE mean?
- A small pen or enclosure for keeping animals.
- What letters can be added to CRUVE?
- CRUVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRUVE:
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