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Is crag a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word crag is a Scrabble US word. The word crag is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

C3R1A1G2

Is crag a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word crag is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

C3R1A1G2

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Yes. The word crag is a Words With Friends word. The word crag is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4R1A1G3

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4-letter words (1 found)

CRAG,

3-letter words (5 found)

ARC,CAG,CAR,GAR,RAG,

2-letter words (2 found)

AG,AR,

You can make 8 words from crag according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of crag

crag

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kɹæɡ/
  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

Noun

crag (countable and uncountable, plural crags)

  2. (Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
  3. A rough, broken fragment of rock.
  4. (geology) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.
  5. (uncountable) A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.
Alternative forms
  • craig
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of craw.

Noun

crag (plural crags)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) The neck or throat.

References

  • Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
  • Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
  • Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84

Further reading

  • crag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • CAGR

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • cragge, kragge

Etymology

From Middle Irish crec, from Middle Irish carrac, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kraɡ/

Noun

crag (plural cragges)

  1. cliff

Descendants

  • English: crag
  • Yola: craggès

References

  • “crag, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org