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Is cress a Scrabble word?

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

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Is cress a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is cress a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cress is a Words With Friends word. The word cress is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

CRESS,

4-letter words (4 found)

CESS,RECS,SECS,SERS,

3-letter words (6 found)

ERS,ESS,REC,RES,SEC,SER,

2-letter words (3 found)

ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from cress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cress

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Definitions and meaning of cress

cress

Etymology 1

From Middle English cresse, crasse, from Old English cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô (“cress”). Cognate with West Frisian kers (“cress”), Dutch kers (“cress”), German Kresse (“cress”), Danish karse (“cress”), Swedish krasse (“cress”), Icelandic krassi (“cress”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

cress (countable and uncountable, plural cresses)

  1. (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
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Etymology 2

Noun

cress (plural cresses)

  1. Archaic form of kris.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian crescere, from Latin.

Verb

cress

  1. to grow

Yola

Alternative forms

  • criss

Etymology

From Middle English creiz, from Old French crois, from Latin crux, crucem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾɛs/, /kɾɪs/

Noun

cress

  1. crossroad

Verb

cress

  1. cross

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32

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