Unscramble crusties

Unscramble CRUSTIES and you have 250 words, CRUSTIES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of CRUSTIES are on the page: CITRUSES, CURTSIES and RICTUSES, each 10 points. The best shorter words score 9: 13 of them, CRUISES, RUSTICS and CESTUIS included. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From crusties

By length, the words from CRUSTIES split into 4 with 8 letters, 14 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 13 with 2.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with crusties

The 8-letter words in CRUSTIES are 4: CRUSTIES itself and 3 anagrams, RICTUSES, CURTSIES and CITRUSES. Each scores 10 points.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with crusties

13 of 14 7-letter words made with CRUSTIES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. CRUISES will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with crusties

48 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CRUSTIES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ISSUE, CREST and RISES will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with crusties

Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRUSTIES, the top score is 6, reached by 37. REST, SETS and RISE are the familiar ones.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with crusties

Of the 44 3-letter words from CRUSTIES, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. USE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with crusties

The 2-letter words in CRUSTIES come to 13, each scoring 2 points. IS, IT and US are the familiar ones.

CRUSTIES With One Letter Changed

Keep every letter of CRUSTIES but one, change that one, and you get:

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Definitions for the Top CRUSTIES Plays

The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CITRUSES, CURTSIES and RICTUSES (10 points each).

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

CITRUSES 10 · 12
any of a genus of tropical, fruit-bearing trees
CURTSIES 10 · 12
to bow politely
RICTUSES 10 · 12
the expanse of the open mouth
CRUISES 9 · 11
to sail about touching at several ports
CRUSETS 9 · 11
a melting pot
CUEISTS 9 · 11
one that uses a cue (a straight tapering rod) in billiards
CURITES 9 · 11
a radioactive mineral
CUTISES 9 · 11
the corium

Is CRUSTIES Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Scrabble UK accepts CRUSTIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
CRUSTIES itselfNoYesNo
Answers accepted (of 250)200249180

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRUSTIES, CESTUIS, CRUSIES, CUISSER, CUITERS, CURIETS, CESTUI, CITESS, CRUSIE, CUITER, CURIET, CRISE and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUEISTS, CUEIST, RECITS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, RESITS, TECS, CRU and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.

One Extra Tile and CRUSTIES Grows

Each word below uses all the letters of CRUSTIES and one more.

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