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8-letter words starting with CR
There are 283 8-letter words starting with CR in the standard word-game list. The most common are criminal, creature, critical, creating, creative, crossing.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| criminal | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure | 12 |
| creature | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | 10 |
| critical | marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws | 12 |
| creating | Creation | 11 |
| creative | having the ability or power to create | 13 |
| crossing | traveling across | 11 |
| crashing | informal intensifiers | 14 |
| creation | the human act of creating | 10 |
| creaking | a squeaking sound | 15 |
| cracking | excellent | 17 |
| crawling | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | 14 |
| crickets | Used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence; no communication. | 16 |
| crackers | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | 16 |
| crushing | physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | 14 |
| crippled | disabled in the feet or legs | 15 |
| creeping | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | 13 |
| credible | capable of being believed | 13 |
| crackles | Rales | 16 |
| cruising | Sailing about without an exact destination, usually for pleasure. | 11 |
| criteria | A single criterion. | 10 |
| crescent | resembling the new moon in shape | 12 |
| crossbow | a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) | 15 |
| crusader | a warrior who engages in a holy war | 11 |
| crucifix | representation of the cross on which Jesus died | 22 |
| crowning | representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment | 14 |
| critique | an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | 19 |
| crackpot | a whimsically eccentric person | 18 |
| croaking | a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | 15 |
| cramping | The action of something that cramps. | 15 |
| cranking | The act by which something is cranked. | 15 |
| credited | (usually followed by ‘to’) given credit for | 12 |
| crowding | a situation in which people or things are crowded together | 15 |
| crumpled | of metal e.g. | 15 |
| crayfish | warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails;… | 19 |
| crucible | a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions | 14 |
| cramming | The act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full. | 15 |
| credence | the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true | 13 |
| croupier | someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table | 12 |
| crawfish | tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | 19 |
| crockery | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | 19 |
| creditor | a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists | 11 |
| crouched | Marked with, bearing, or wearing the sign of the cross. | 16 |
| creepers | An expression of surprise, fear, or excitement | 12 |
| crafting | The act by which something is crafted. | 14 |
| crabbily | In a crabby manner. | 17 |
| crabbing | The act or art of catching crabs. | 15 |
| crabmeat | the edible flesh of any of various crabs | 14 |
| crabwise | (of movement) at an angle | 15 |
| crackled | Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks. | 17 |
| cracknel | A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit. | 16 |
| cradling | The act by which one cradles a child etc. | 12 |
| craftily | in an subtle, cunning manner | 16 |
| craggily | In a craggy way. | 15 |
| cragsman | a male climber of vertical rock faces | 13 |
| crampoon | a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | 14 |
| craniate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in… | 10 |
| crankily | In a cranky manner. | 17 |
| crankish | Cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered | 17 |
| crankpin | The pin that attaches a connecting rod to a crank | 16 |
| crannied | having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones) | 11 |
All 283 words
- criminal
- creature
- critical
- creating
- creative
- crossing
- crashing
- creation
- creaking
- cracking
- crawling
- crickets
- crackers
- crushing
- crippled
- creeping
- credible
- crackles
- cruising
- criteria
- crescent
- crossbow
- crusader
- crucifix
- crowning
- critique
- crackpot
- croaking
- cramping
- cranking
- credited
- crowding
- crumpled
- crayfish
- crucible
- cramming
- credence
- croupier
- crawfish
- crockery
- creditor
- crouched
- creepers
- crafting
- craaling
- crabbers
- crabbier
- crabbily
- crabbing
- crabmeat
- crabwise
- crackled
- cracknel
- crackups
- cradlers
- cradling
- craftier
- craftily
- craggier
- craggily
- cragsman
- cragsmen
- cramboes
- crammers
- cramoisy
- crampits
- crampons
- crampoon
- cranched
- cranches
- craniate
- craniums
- crankest
- crankier
- crankily
- crankish
- crankled
- crankles
- crankous
- crankpin
- crannied
- crannies
- crannoge
- crannogs
- crappers
- crappier
- crappies
- crapping
- crashers
- crassest
- cratches
- cratered
- cratonic
- cravened
- cravenly
- cravings
- crawdads
- crawlers
- crawlier
- crawlway
- crayoned
- craziest
- creakier
- creakily
- creamers
- creamery
- creamier
- creamily
- creaming
- creasers
- creasier
- creasing
- creatine
- creatins
- creators
- credenda
- credenza
- credibly
- creeling
- creepage
- creepier
- creepies
- creepily
- creeshed
- creeshes
- cremains
- cremated
- cremates
- cremator
- crenated
- creneled
- crenelle
- creodont
- creolise
- creolize
- creosols
- creosote
- crepiest
- crescive
- cressets
- cresting
- cresylic
- cretonne
- crevalle
- crevasse
- creviced
- crevices
- crewless
- crewmate
- crewneck
- cribbage
- cribbers
- cribbing
- cribbled
- cribrous
- cribwork
- cricetid
- cricking
- cricoids
- crimmers
- crimpers
- crimpier
- crimping
- crimpled
- crimples
- crimsons
- cringers
- cringing
- cringles
- crinites
- crinkled
- crinkles
- crinoids
- criollos
- crippler
- cripples
- crispate
- crispens
- crispers
- crispest
- crispier
- crispily
- crisping
- cristate
- critters
- critturs
- croakers
- croakier
- croakily
- croceine
- croceins
- crochets
- crockets
- crocking
- crocoite
- crocuses
- crofters
- cromlech
- cronyism
- crookery
- crooking
- crooners
- crooning
- cropland
- cropless
- croppers
- croppies
- cropping
- croquets
- crosiers
- crossarm
- crossbar
- crosscut
- crossers
- crossest
- crosslet
- crosstie
- crossway
- crotched
- crotches
- crotchet
- crouches
- croupily
- croupous
- crousely
- croutons
- crowbars
- crowders
- crowdies
- crowfeet
- crowfoot
- crowners
- crownets
- crowstep
- croziers
- crucians
- cruciate
- crucifer
- cruddier
- crudding
- crudites
- cruelest
- crueller
- cruisers
- crullers
- crumbers
- crumbier
- crumbing
- crumbled
- crumbles
- crumbums
- crumhorn
- crummier
- crummies
- crumpets
- crumping
- crumples
- crunched
- cruncher
- crunches
- crunodal
- crunodes
- cruppers
- crusaded
- crusades
- crusados
- crushers
- crustier
- crustily
- crusting
- crustose
- crutched
- crutches
- cruzados
- cruzeiro
- cryingly
- cryogens
- cryogeny
- cryolite
- cryonics
- cryostat
- cryotron
- crystals