CRAYFISHES

10 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CRAYFISHES Means

CRAYFISHES is a form of CRAYFISH, which means:

noun: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
noun: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Similar words

LANGOUSTE CRAWFISH CRAWDAD

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CRAYFISHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 A1 Y4 F4 I1 S1 H4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CRAYFISHES

547 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (4)

CASHIERS CRAYFISH RACHISES SCARFISH

7 letter words (27)

ARISHES CAHIERS CARSEYS CASHIER CHAFERS CHAISES CHASERS CHIEFRY CRASHES ERIACHS ESCHARS FARCIES FASHERY FIACRES FISHERS FISHERY FRAISES HYRACES RASHIES SACRIFY SCARIFY SCRAYES SERFISH SFERICS SHARIFS SHERIAS SHERIFS

6 letter words (89)

5 letter words (144)

4 letter words (160)

3 letter words (98)

ACE ACH AHI AHS AIR AIS ARC ARE ARF ARS ARY ASH AYE AYS CAR CAY CHA CHE CHI CIS CRY EAR EAS ECH EFS EHS ERA ERF ERS ESS FAE FAH FAR FAS FAY FEH FER FES FEY FIE FIR FRA FRY HAE HAS HAY HER HES HEY HIC HIE HIS HYE ICE ICH ICY IFS IRE ISH RAH RAI RAS RAY REC REF REH REI RES RHY RIA RIF RYA RYE SAC SAE SAI SAR SAY SEA SEC SEI SER SEY SHA SHE SHY SIC SIF SIR SIS SRI SYE YAE YAH YAR YEA YEH YES

2 letter words (25)

AE AH AI AR AS AY CH EA EF EH ER ES FA FE FY HA HE HI IF IS RE SH SI YA YE

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