KRAUT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. KRAUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KRAUT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KRAUT is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KRAUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
krautsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KRAUT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KRAUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does KRAUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal short form of sauerkraut, cabbage that has been finely shredded, salted, and left to ferment.
Kraut is simply a clipped, everyday way of saying sauerkraut, used often in menus, recipes, and casual speech where the fuller word would feel unnecessarily formal. The dish itself is made by packing shredded cabbage tightly with salt and letting natural fermentation sour it over days or weeks, producing the sharp, tangy flavor associated with kraut. It is a staple side dish in German and central European cooking and appears widely on its own or piled onto sausages and sandwiches.
How KRAUT is used
Informal; a casual shortening used mainly in recipes, menus, and everyday speech about the fermented cabbage dish.
- She piled kraut on top of the grilled sausage.
- The recipe called for two cups of homemade kraut.
- He fermented his own kraut in a large ceramic crock.
- The deli sandwich came stacked with kraut and mustard.
- A jar of kraut sat open in the refrigerator door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KRAUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KRAUT
The 5 tiles of KRAUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KRAUT
3 longer words begin with KRAUT.
Words ending in KRAUT
1 words end in KRAUT. Useful as a back hook: play KRAUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with KRAUT inside
1 words contain KRAUT in the middle. Words that start with KRAUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KRAUT
Common questions about KRAUT
- Is KRAUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KRAUT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KRAUT worth?
- KRAUT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KRAUT mean?
- An informal short form of sauerkraut, cabbage that has been finely shredded, salted, and left to ferment.
- What letters can be added to KRAUT?
- KRAUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KRAUT:
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