What CRECHES Means
CRECHES is a form of CRECHE, which means:
- noun: a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
- noun: a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CRECHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 E1 C3 H4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of CRECHES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CRECHES
57 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (12)
4 letter words (17)
3 letter words (16)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.