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

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Is cruise a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

CRUISE,CRUSIE,CURIES,

5-letter words (17 found)

CIRES,CRIES,CRISE,CRUES,CRUSE,CURES,CURIE,CURSE,CURSI,ECRUS,ERICS,ICERS,RICES,SERIC,SIEUR,SUCRE,UREIC,

4-letter words (30 found)

CIRE,CRIS,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CURE,CURS,ECRU,ECUS,ERIC,ICER,ICES,IRES,IURE,RECS,REIS,RICE,RISE,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,SCUR,SEIR,SICE,SIRE,SUER,SURE,URES,URIC,USER,

3-letter words (24 found)

CIS,CRU,CUE,CUR,ECU,ERS,ICE,IRE,REC,REI,RES,RUC,RUE,SEC,SEI,SER,SIC,SIR,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUR,URE,USE,

2-letter words (7 found)

ER,ES,IS,RE,SI,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 82 words from cruise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cruise

cruise

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kro͞oz, IPA(key): /kɹuːz/
  • Homophone: crews
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.

Alternative forms

  • cruize (obsolete)

Noun

cruise (plural cruises)

  1. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
  2. (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
  3. (US, military, informal) A period spent in the Marine Corps.
  4. A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group. See Cruising (driving).
  5. (bodybuilding, slang) A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
    Coordinate term: blast
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

cruise (third-person singular simple present cruises, present participle cruising, simple past and past participle cruised)

  1. (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
  2. (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
  3. (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
  4. (transitive, intransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
  5. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
  6. (transitive, colloquial) To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      Lot of not too bad looking boys there but when M came in I knew right then: him. Very thin & feminine, brown hair fluffed around his sharp featured face. So I began cruising him.
  7. (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
  8. (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly.
  9. (intransitive) To take part in a cruise (car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group).
  10. (bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to going through a full-dosed cycle (blast).
    Coordinate term: blast
    blast and cruise
Derived terms
  • beach cruiser
  • cruiser
  • cruising for a bruising
Descendants
  • → Dutch: cruisen, cruise
  • → French: cruiser
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

cruise (plural cruises)

  1. A small cup; cruse.
    • King James translators, 1 Kings 17:12
      And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

Anagrams

  • crusie, curies

Danish

Noun

cruise c or n (singular definite cruiset or cruisen, plural indefinite cruises)

  1. cruise (sea voyage)
    Synonyms: krydstogt, sørejse

Declension

Further reading

  • “cruise” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cruise, from Dutch kruisen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kruːs/
  • Hyphenation: cruise
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

cruise m (plural cruises, diminutive cruiseje n)

  1. cruise

Derived terms

  • cruiseboot
  • cruisereis
  • cruiseschip

French

Verb

cruise

  1. inflection of cruiser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch kruisen, via English cruise.

Noun

cruise n (definite singular cruiset, indefinite plural cruise, definite plural cruisa or cruisene)

  1. a cruise

Derived terms

  • cruiseskip

References

  • “cruise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch kruisen, via English cruise.

Noun

cruise n (definite singular cruiset, indefinite plural cruise, definite plural cruisa)

  1. a cruise

Derived terms

  • cruiseskip

References

  • “cruise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org