ENCRUSTS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ENCRUSTS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENCRUSTS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 ENCRUSTS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENCRUSTS
No single letter turns ENCRUSTS into another word.
How ENCRUSTS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENCRUSTS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENCRUSTS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ENCRUSTS mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cover a surface with a hard layer — the form used after he, she or it.
Salt encrusts, lime encrusts, and so does anything left long enough in the wrong place. The word carries no judgement of its own: a crown encrusted with jewels and a kettle encrusted with scale take exactly the same verb, and only the noun beside it decides which is meant.
How ENCRUSTS is used
Third-person singular of encrust. Takes with — encrusted with salt.
- Salt encrusts everything within a mile of that shore.
- Scale encrusts the element and halves the efficiency.
- Whatever encrusts the hull has to come off in the spring.
- Rust encrusts the hinge until the door will not move at all.
- Lime encrusts a kettle faster in hard water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENCRUSTS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENCRUSTS
The 8 tiles of ENCRUSTS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ENCRUSTS
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Common questions about ENCRUSTS
- Is ENCRUSTS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENCRUSTS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENCRUSTS worth?
- ENCRUSTS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENCRUSTS mean?
- To cover a surface with a hard layer — the form used after he, she or it.
- What letters can be added to ENCRUSTS?
- No single letter can be added to ENCRUSTS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENCRUSTS:
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