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Is cross a Scrabble word?

Yes, cross is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of cross?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

2. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”).Examples: "From the dim landscape roll the clouds away— / The Christians have regained their heritage; / Before the Cross has waned the Crescent's ray, / And many a monastery decks the stage, / And lofty church, and low-brow'd hermitage."Synonyms: True Crossalt-of

3. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.Examples: "She made the cross after swearing."Synonyms: sign of the cross

4. (Christianity) Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.Examples: "She was wearing a cross on her necklace."Synonyms: crucifix

5. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.Examples: "It's a cross I must bear."; "Heaven prepares good men with crosses."; "It's not fair to deny me / Of the cross I bear that you gave to me / You, you, you oughta know"figuratively

6. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.Synonyms: hybrid

adj (English)

1. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.Examples: "His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness."Synonyms: contrarily, opposed, reverse, antipodalarchaic

2. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.Examples: "As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences."; "a cross fortune"; "the cross and unlucky issue of my designs"archaic

3. (chiefly British, Ottawa Valley) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.Examples: "She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job."; "Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me."; "1650/1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living He had received a cross answer from his mistress."Synonyms: angry, annoyed, irritatedBritish

4. (nautical) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.Examples: "As my father remarked to me when I stole on deck to view the state of affairs, the sea was a "cross one," and very difficult to steer against."

5. (archaic) Dishonest.archaic

prep (English)

1. (archaic) Across.Examples: "She walked cross the mountains."; "A fox was taking a walk one night cross a village."archaic

verb (English)

1. To make or form a cross.Examples: "Again Beatrice crossed herself and sighed heavily as she bent over the dead insect."reflexive

2. To make or form a cross.Examples: ""Well, no! that's what I cannot make out either," said the mother quite innocently, "for I've had castor in the cradle, - I have crossed him, and I put a silver brooch in his shirt, and I stuck a knife in the beam over the door, so I don't know how they could have managed to change him.""transitive

3. To make or form a cross.Examples: "2022, Andrew Lang, Oxford The reign of Mary was scarcely more favourable to letters. No one knew what to be at in religion. In Magdalen no one could be found to say Mass, the fellows were turned out, the undergraduates were whipped — boyish martyrs — and crossed at the buttery."UKobsoleteslangtransitive

4. To move relatively.Examples: "Why did the chicken cross the road?"; "You need to cross the street at the lights."; "Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us."transitive

5. To move relatively.Examples: "Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way."intransitive

6. To move relatively.Examples: "November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten Esq. Your kind letter crossed mine."transitive

name (English)

1. (Christianity) The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.Synonyms: Holy Cross, True Cross, Crucifix

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "cross"?

Scrabble
7 points
C3
R1
O1
S1
S1
Words With Friends
8 points
C4
R1
O1
S1
S1

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