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Crooks

Q: What does crooks mean?

crooks is the plural and third-person singular form of crook, which means “someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.

c ₃r ₁o ₁o ₁k ₅s ₁

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · 6 letters · Common · plural and third-person singular form of crook

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does crooks mean?

noun

someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Synonymscriminal felon outlaw malefactor
a circular segment of a curve
“a bend in the road”
Synonymsbend twist turn
a long staff with one end being hook shaped

verb

bend or cause to bend
“He crooked his index finger”
Synonymscurve

Definitions shown for crook, the base form of crooks.

Is CROOKS a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is CROOKS worth?

Scrabble

12 pts

c ₃r ₁o ₁o ₁k ₅s ₁

Words With Friends

13 pts

c ₄r ₁o ₁o ₁k ₅s ₁

Wordfeud

13 pts

c ₄r ₁o ₁o ₁k ₅s ₁

NYT Crossplay

13 pts

c ₃r ₁o ₁o ₁k ₆s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CROOKS

Best shorter words top 30 of 39

cooks 11 corks 11 crook 11 rocks 11 socko 11 cook 10 cork 10 rock 10 sock 10 rooks 9 koro 8 kors 8 roks 8 rook 8 sook 8 corso 7 kor 7 kos 7 rok 7 coos 6 cors 6 ko 6 orcs 6 rocs 6 coo 5 cor 5 cos 5 orc 5 roc 5 soc 5

See all 39 words made from CROOKS

Words that end like CROOKS

Common words that share the ending -OOKS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

books looks cooks hooks brooks spooks nooks rooks overlooks textbooks unhooks outlooks cookbooks handbooks notebooks passbooks workbooks guidebooks matchbooks scrapbooks pocketbooks

All words ending in -OOKS

Crooks: quick answers

Is CROOKS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. CROOKS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.

How many points is CROOKS worth?

CROOKS scores 12 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 13 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does crooks mean?

crooks is the plural and third-person singular form of crook, which means “someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in CROOKS?

You can make 39 shorter words from CROOKS, such as COOKS, CORKS, CROOK, ROCKS. See the full list.