The word cringe is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • cringe v. (Intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
  • cringe v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by…
  • cringe v. (Intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AS BOW BY COWER CROUCH DISGUST EMBARRASSMENT EXPERIENCE FEAR FEELING FIGURATIVELY FLINCH IN INTRANSITIVE INWARD OF OR RECOIL SERVILITY SHRINK TENSE TO

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

IN ING RIN RING

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

CERING

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

CRINGY FRINGE

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

CRINE

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

CRINGLE

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

CRINGED CRINGER CRINGES CRINGEY CRINGERS CRINGELING CRINGELINGS CRINGEWORTHY CRINGEWORTHIER CRINGEWORTHIEST

17 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A ANERGIC GRECIAN
+D CRINGED
+E CREEING ENERGIC GENERIC
+K RECKING
+L CLINGER CRINGLE
+N CERNING
+O COREIGN
+P CREPING PERCING
+R CRINGER
+S CRINGES
+W CREWING
+Y CRINGEY

8 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-C ERING GREIN REIGN RENIG
-G CRINE NICER
-N GRICE
-R GENIC

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 1648 chance (0.06%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 7300 chance (0.01%).

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Categories without words

  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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