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Is cruse a Scrabble word?

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

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Is cruse a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3R1U1S1E1

Is cruse a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cruse is a Words With Friends word. The word cruse is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (6 found)

CRUES,CRUSE,CURES,CURSE,ECRUS,SUCRE,

4-letter words (16 found)

CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CURE,CURS,ECRU,ECUS,RECS,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,SCUR,SUER,SURE,URES,USER,

3-letter words (15 found)

CRU,CUE,CUR,ECU,ERS,REC,RES,RUC,RUE,SEC,SER,SUE,SUR,URE,USE,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,ES,RE,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from cruse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cruse

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Definitions and meaning of cruse

cruse

Alternative forms

  • cruise
  • cruze (rare)

Etymology

From Middle English crouse, from Old English crūse (“jar, cruse”), from Proto-West Germanic *krūsā, from Proto-Germanic *krūsǭ, *krūsaz (“jar, pot, collar, jug”). Cognate with German Krause (“pot with a lid”), Icelandic krús (“jar, jug”). Merged with Middle English croo (“pot, pitcher”), from Old English crōg (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). More at crock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹuːs/, /kɹuːz/
  • Rhymes: -uːs, -uːz

Noun

cruse (plural cruses)

  1. (religion, heraldry or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
    • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
      With a thought I tooke for Maudline
      & a cruse of cockle pottage.
      with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all:
      I befell into this dotage.
  2. (now uncommon) An oil lamp; a crusy.

Derived terms

  • widow's cruse

Translations

Further reading

  • “cruse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Cures, Sucre, crues, cuers, cures, curse, ecrus, sucre

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krūsā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkruː.se/, [ˈkruː.ze]

Noun

crūse f

  1. earthen pot, jug, pitcher

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: cruse, crouse, croos
    • English: cruse, cruise, cruze

Source: wiktionary.org