What CRINGED Means
CRINGED is a form of CRINGE, which means:
- noun: some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame
- noun: A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
- verb: draw back, as with fear or pain“she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
- verb: show submission or fear
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CRINGED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 I1 N1 G2 E1 D2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CRINGED
113 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 (13)
5 letter words (22)
CIDERCRIEDCRINEDEIGNDERIGDICERDINERDINGEDIRGEDRICEERINGGENICGREINGRICEGRIDEGRINDNICERNIGERREIGNRENIGRICEDRIDGE
4 letter words (34)
CEDICIDECINECIRECREDDENIDERNDICEDINEDINGDIREDREGERICGIEDGIENGIRDGIRNGRENGRIDGRINICEDICERIREDNERDNICENIDENIEDREINRENDRICERIDERINDRINERING
3 letter words (34)
CIDCIGDEGDEIDENDIEDIGDINENDENGERGERNGEDGENGERGIDGIEGINICEIDEINGIRENEDNEGNIDNIERECREDREGREIRENRIDRIGRIN
2 letter words (10)
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