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Is crusty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word crusty is a Scrabble US word. The word crusty is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3R1U1S1T1Y4

Is crusty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word crusty is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3R1U1S1T1Y4

Is crusty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word crusty is a Words With Friends word. The word crusty is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4R1U2S1T1Y3

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6-letter words (2 found)

CRUSTY,CURTSY,

5-letter words (5 found)

CRUST,CRUSY,CURST,RUSTY,YURTS,

4-letter words (13 found)

CRUS,CURS,CURT,CUTS,CYST,RUCS,RUST,RUTS,RYUS,SCRY,SCUR,SCUT,YURT,

3-letter words (12 found)

CRU,CRY,CUR,CUT,RUC,RUT,RYU,STY,SUR,TRY,UTS,YUS,

2-letter words (5 found)

ST,UR,US,UT,YU,

You can make 37 words from crusty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of crusty

crusty

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to crust +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹʌsti/
  • Rhymes: -ʌsti

Adjective

crusty (comparative crustier, superlative crustiest)

  1. Having a crust, especially a thick one.
  2. (informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
    Synonyms: gruff, peevish, surly, harsh
  3. (informal) Of very low quality; crude visuals or harsh, granular sound. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Synonym: inferior

Derived terms

  • crustily
  • crustiness

Translations

Noun

crusty (plural crusties)

  1. (chiefly British, informal) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
  2. (slang) Dried eye mucus.
    Synonyms: (UK dialectal) gound, sleep, (informal) sleepy dust
    • 2005, Jeffrey Dinsmore, I, an Actress: The Autobiography of Karen Jamey, Contemporary Press, →ISBN, page 51:
      I wiped the crusties from my eyes, threw on a sundress, and wandered out into the living room.
  3. (chiefly UK and Ireland, informal) A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.

Alternative forms

  • crustie

See also

  • cruddy
  • crufty

References

  • “crusty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “crusty”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • "crusty" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
  • "crusty (adj. easily annoyed)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
  • "crusty (n. an unwashed person)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
  • “crusty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

  • curtsy

Source: wiktionary.org