CRY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRY
Front hooks — 1
scryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does CRY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To shed tears, especially from grief.
Cry meant to shout for six centuries before it meant to weep, and the older sense survives all over the language: a hue and cry, a far cry, crying wares in the street. The tears arrived late and took the word over almost entirely.
How CRY is used
Intransitive and transitive. The past is cried.
- The baby will cry whenever the vacuum starts.
- He was crying with laughter by the second verse.
- A far cry from what was promised.
- They cry the news through the streets in the old accounts.
- She will cry at anything with a dog in it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRY
Showing 24 of 225 words that begin with CRY.
Words ending in CRY
10 words end in CRY. Useful as a back hook: play CRY onto a word already on the board.
Words with CRY inside
Showing 24 of 110 words that contain CRY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CRY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about CRY
- Is CRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRY worth?
- CRY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRY mean?
- To shed tears, especially from grief.
- What letters can be added to CRY?
- CRY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CRY:
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