8-Letter Words Starting With CRUIS
- 3 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With CRUIS
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With CRUIS 3 words
How common is CRUIS at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 3 eight-letter words that start with CRUIS. They average 10.3 points and the best is CRUISING (11 points).
- Total words
- 3
- Average Scrabble score
- 10.3
- out of 11 max
- Everyday words
- 67%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 66.7% of words
Most common last letters
- s 66.7%
- g 33.3%
Top vowel pairs
- ui100%
- ie33.3%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with CRUIS
c 3r 1u 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 2
C 3 + R 1 + U 1 + I 1 + S 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2 = 11 points
- Double word
- 22 pts
- Triple word
- 33 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
cruising
Form of cruise
- verbdrive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure“She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible”
- verbtravel at a moderate speed“Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude”
- verblook for a sexual partner in a public place“The men were cruising the park”
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How many eight-letter words that start with CRUIS are there?
There are 3 eight-letter words that start with CRUIS in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with CRUIS?
CRUISING is worth 11 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are CRUISERS (10), CRUISIES (10).