Unscramble cribs

Unscramble CRIBS and you have 15 words, CRIBS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

Looking for brics, sbric, scrib, brcsi, rscib, sirbc, ribsc, bsirc, riscb or sbicr? They use the same letters as CRIBS, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From cribs

Words from CRIBS by length: 1 with 5 letters, 4 with 4, 7 with 3 and 3 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with cribs

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4 Letter Words You Can Make with cribs

CRIB tops the 4-letter words made with CRIBS letters at 8 points; next come BRIS and CRIS on 6. RIBS will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with cribs

Of the 7 3-letter words in CRIBS, 5 score 5 points, the group's best. SIR, SIC and RIB are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with cribs

BI tops the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIBS at 4 points; next come IS and SI on 2.

Change One Tile in CRIBS

Trade one tile of CRIBS for another and you can spell these 6 words:

R A gives BASIC · words from basic
S K gives BRICK · unscramble brick
C K gives BRISK · words from brisk
B P gives CRISP · unscramble crisp
C L gives BIRLS · unscramble birls
B K gives RICKS · words from ricks

More 5-letter words: starting with CR · ending in BS · all 5-letter words

Definitions for the Top CRIBS Plays

CRIBS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

CRIBS 9 · 11: to confine closely
CRIB 8 · 10: to confine closely
BRIS 6 · 7: a Jewish circumcision rite
CRIS 6 · 7: a short sword
RIBS 6 · 7: to poke fun at
BIS 5 · 6: a bisexual
CIS 5 · 6: having certain atoms on the same side of the molecule
RIB 5 · 6: to poke fun at

CRIBS in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

Yes. CRIBS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
CRIBS itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 15)	15	15	15

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

No exceptions: all 15 answers are playable in all three.

One Extra Tile and CRIBS Grows

These 4 words take every letter of CRIBS plus a single extra one.

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