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crisscross

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Is crisscross a Scrabble word?

Yes, crisscross is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 14 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of crisscross?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To move back and forth over or through.Examples: "As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line."; "He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices."; "Throughout this period, and beyond, into the rest of the battle, aircraft of various types and loadouts are crisscrossing the skies in desperate harassment attacks, with the pilots having to play constant games of "guess the carrier" to decide where to land as escort carriers are hit, sunk, disappear in columns of shell splashes, or are forced to evade at angles to the wind that make landing on them impossible."transitive

2. (transitive) To mark with crossed lines.transitive

noun (English)

1. (countable) A pattern of crossed lines.Examples: "We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop."countable

2. (countable) A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.countable

3. (countable) A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid.Examples: "A definite advantage of the fact that no fill-in-the-blank sentences are used is that it's very easy for kids to enter their own words and see them instantly transformed into crisscrosses, word searches, and other fun games."; "Welcome to the Ultimate Puzzle Challenge — a brand-new series of books for children who love word searches, crisscrosses, mazes, crosswords, and variety puzzles."countable

4. (obsolete, uncountable) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.obsoleteuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "crisscross"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "crisscross"?

Scrabble
14 points
C3
R1
I1
S1
S1
C3
R1
O1
S1
S1
Words With Friends
16 points
C4
R1
I1
S1
S1
C4
R1
O1
S1
S1

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