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Is crit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word crit is a Scrabble US word. The word crit is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

C3R1I1T1

Is crit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word crit is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

C3R1I1T1

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4-letter words (1 found)

CRIT,

3-letter words (3 found)

CIT,RIT,TIC,

2-letter words (2 found)

IT,TI,

You can make 6 words from crit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of crit

crit

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

Noun

crit (countable and uncountable, plural crits)

  1. (informal) Criticism.
  2. (informal) Critique.
  3. (informal) A proponent of critical legal studies.
  4. (cycling) A criterium race.
  5. (slang, roleplaying games) A critical hit.
Derived terms
  • lit crit
Related terms
  • crit care

Verb

crit (third-person singular simple present crits, present participle critting, simple past and past participle crit or critted)

  1. (ambitransitive, slang, roleplaying games) To attack with a critical hit.
    • 2010 Christopher Wragg, replying to Timothy Ryan's MMO Balancing Techniques Gamasutra
      Now when talking randomness, players don't mind as long as it's not a negative random chance, for instance, missing causes more annoyance than an opponent dodging, we don't mind an opponent critting against us, but we hate it if something we do affects how much damage we take (aka rolling a 1).
    • January 2013 Elliot Metson, Team Fortress 2 guide - conquering Mann vs Machine's expert mode PC Gamer
      Finally, the Axtinguisher just about edges the Neon Annihilator as the best melee weapon because you're in control of whether your target's on fire or not, whereas the Neon Annihilator's critting of wet targets is down to your team.
    • August 2013 Nic rowen, Rogue Legacy: Family survival guide Destructoid
      It's easy to look past his low health when he's critting for triple damage on more than half his hits.
    • 2016 Dota 2 7.00 patch adds Monkey King, talents, new HUD, more PC Invasion
      Boundless Strike looks like Fissure only without the giant wall of earth, instead critting and stunning enemies in a line.
Derived terms
  • crit out

Etymology 2

Short for haematocrit.

Noun

crit (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Haematocrit.

Anagrams

  • RCTI

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from cridar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾit]
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

crit m (plural crits)

  1. cry (shout or scream)
  2. cry (words shouted or screamed)
  3. cry (sound made by an animal)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “crit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “crit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “crit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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