What CRUSHES Means
CRUSHES is a form of CRUSH, which means:
- verb: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority“The government oppresses political activists”
- verb: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition“crush an aluminum can”
- noun: leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- noun: a dense crowd of people
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CRUSHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 U1 S1 H4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CRUSHES
106 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 (11)
5 letter words (22)
CHESSCHUSECRESSCRUESCRUSECRUSHCURESCURSEECRUSERHUSHUERSRUCHERUSESRUSSESCURSSCUSESECHSSUCRESUERSSURESUSERSUSHER
4 letter words (38)
CESSCHERCHURCRUECRUSCUESCURECURSCUSHCUSSECRUECUSERHUHERSHUERHUESHUSSRECSREHSRESHRHUSRUCSRUESRUSERUSHSCURSECHSECSSERSSESHSHESSUCHSUERSUESSUREURESUSERUSES
3 letter words (25)
2 letter words (10)
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