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Yes. The word criminal is a Scrabble US word. The word criminal is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is criminal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word criminal is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

CRIMINAL,

7-letter words (3 found)

CLARINI,CRIMINA,MINICAR,

6-letter words (7 found)

AMINIC,ARCMIN,CARLIN,CRINAL,LIMINA,LIMNIC,MARLIN,

5-letter words (23 found)

ACINI,AMICI,AMNIC,ANIMI,ARMIL,CAIRN,CILIA,CIMAR,CLAIM,ILIAC,IMARI,INARM,LIMAN,LINAC,MALIC,MANIC,MICRA,MILIA,MINAR,MIRIN,NARIC,RAMIN,RICIN,

4-letter words (49 found)

AIRN,AMIN,AMIR,ANIL,ARIL,CAIN,CALM,CAMI,CARL,CARN,CIRL,CLAM,CLAN,CRAM,CRAN,CRIA,CRIM,ILIA,INIA,LAIC,LAIN,LAIR,LARI,LARN,LIAR,LIMA,LIMN,LIRA,LIRI,MAIL,MAIN,MAIR,MALI,MANI,MARC,MARL,MICA,MINA,MINI,MIRI,NAIL,NARC,NIRL,RAIL,RAIN,RAMI,RANI,RIAL,RIMA,

3-letter words (33 found)

AIL,AIM,AIN,AIR,AMI,ANI,ARC,ARM,CAL,CAM,CAN,CAR,LAC,LAM,LAR,LIN,MAC,MAL,MAN,MAR,MIC,MIL,MIR,MNA,NAM,NIL,NIM,RAI,RAM,RAN,RIA,RIM,RIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AI,AL,AM,AN,AR,IN,LA,LI,MA,MI,NA,

You can make 127 words from criminal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of criminal

criminal

Etymology

From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪm.ə.nəl/

Adjective

criminal (comparative more criminal, superlative most criminal)

  1. Against the law; forbidden by law.
  2. Guilty of breaking the law.
  3. Of or relating to crime or penal law.
  4. (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.

Synonyms

  • crimeful
  • illegal
  • delictuous

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Translations

Noun

criminal (plural criminals)

  1. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
    Synonyms: lawbreaker, offender, perpetrator

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:criminal

Hypernyms

  • person

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin criminālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [kɾi.miˈnal]

Adjective

criminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural criminals)

  1. criminal (against the law)
  2. criminal (guilty of breaking the law)
  3. criminal (of or relating to crime)

Derived terms

Noun

criminal m or f by sense (plural criminals)

  1. criminal (a person who is guilty of a crime)

Related terms

  • crim

Further reading

  • “criminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “criminal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “criminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “criminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾimiˈnal/ [kɾi.mĩˈnɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

criminal m or f (plural criminais)

  1. criminal (that constitutes a crime)
    Synonym: criminoso
  2. criminal (relating or pertaining to crimes)
    Synonym: criminoso
  3. (colloquial) that can be very bad in its class or that can be harmful

Noun

criminal m or f by sense (plural criminais)

  1. criminal (a person who has committed a crime)
    Synonym: asasino

Further reading

  • “criminal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • criminau (Gascony, Provençal)

Pronunciation

Adjective

criminal m (feminine singular criminala, masculine plural criminals, feminine plural criminalas) (Languedoc)

  1. criminal

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 206.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis, from Latin crīmen.

Adjective

criminal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular criminale)

  1. criminal; illegal; against the law

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis (“criminal”), from Latin crīmen (“verdict; crime”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cri‧mi‧nal

Adjective

criminal m or f (plural criminais, not comparable)

  1. (law) criminal (of or relating to crime or penal law)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “criminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French criminel, Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kri.miˈnal]

Noun

criminal m (plural criminali, feminine equivalent criminală)

  1. criminal, felon, perpetrator, offender, lawbreaker
  2. murderer, slayer
  3. cutthroat, thug

Declension

Adjective

criminal m or n (feminine singular criminală, masculine plural criminali, feminine and neuter plural criminale)

  1. criminal, felonious, lawbreaking
  2. murderous, homicidal
  3. cutthroat

Declension

Related terms

  • criminalitate

Adverb

criminal

  1. criminally

Related terms

  • crimă

Further reading

  • criminal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis (“criminal”), from Latin crīmen (“verdict; crime”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾimiˈnal/ [kɾi.miˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cri‧mi‧nal

Adjective

criminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural criminales)

  1. criminal
    Synonym: criminoso

Derived terms

Noun

criminal m or f by sense (plural criminales)

  1. criminal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “criminal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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