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Is cretin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cretin is a Scrabble US word. The word cretin is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

C3R1E1T1I1N1

Is cretin a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cretin is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3R1E1T1I1N1

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C4R1E1T1I1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

CRETIN,

5-letter words (11 found)

CITER,CRINE,INERT,INTER,NICER,NITER,NITRE,RECIT,RECTI,TRICE,TRINE,

4-letter words (24 found)

CENT,CERT,CINE,CIRE,CITE,CRIT,ERIC,ETIC,ICER,NICE,NITE,REIN,RENT,RICE,RINE,RITE,TEIN,TERN,TICE,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TRIE,TRIN,

3-letter words (18 found)

CIT,ERN,ICE,IRE,NET,NIE,NIT,REC,REI,REN,RET,RIN,RIT,TEC,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NE,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 64 words from cretin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cretin

cretin

Etymology

From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), likely from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Latin christiānus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛtɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːtɪn/, /ˈkɹɛtɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪn, (US) -iːtɪn
  • Homophone: Cretan (one pronunciation)

Noun

cretin (plural cretins)

  1. (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]
  2. (by extension, derogatory) An idiot.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:idiot

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Further reading

  • Cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:Category:Cretinism on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • centri-, cinter, citren, crinet

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crétin, from Latin Christianus; doublet of the inherited creștin.

Noun

cretin m (plural cretini)

  1. idiot
    Synonyms: idiot, prost, tâmpit

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org