What CRUTCHES Means
CRUTCHES is a form of CRUTCH, which means:
- noun: a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- noun: anything that serves as an expedient“he uses drugs as a psychological crutch”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CRUTCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 U1 T1 C3 H4 E1 S1.
Anagrams of CRUTCHES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CRUTCHES
168 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.
7 letter words (2)
6 letter words (15)
5 letter words (40)
CERTSCHERTCHESTCHUSECHUTECRESTCRUESCRUETCRUSECRUSHCRUSTCURCHCURESCURETCURSECURSTCUSECCUTCHCUTERCUTESECRUSERHUSERUCTHUERSHURSTHURTSRECUTRETCHRUCHERUTHSSCUTESHUTESTURESUCRETECHSTEHRSTEUCHTRUCETRUESUSHER
4 letter words (61)
CERTCHERCHURCHUTCRUECRUSCUESCURECURSCURTCUSHCUTECUTSECHTECRUECUSERHUERSTETCHETHSHERSHESTHETSHUERHUESHURTHUTSRECSREHSRESHRESTRETSRHUSRUCSRUESRUSERUSHRUSTRUTHRUTSSCURSCUTSECHSECTSHETSHUTSUCHSUERSUETSURETECHTECSTEHRTHRUTHUSTRESTRUETUSHURESUSERUTES
3 letter words (36)
CHECRUCUECURCUTECHECUEHSERSESTETHHERHESHETHUEHUTRECREHRESRETRUCRUERUTSECSERSETSHESUESURTECTESTHEUREUSEUTEUTS
2 letter words (14)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.