Is CROSSTOWN a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CROSSTOWN is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CROSSTOWN mean?
- adjective
going or extending across a town or city
“the crosstown bus”
- adverb
across a town or city
“he traveled crosstown”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
9
Letters
C (3) + R (1) + O (1) + S (1) + S (1) + T (1) + O (1) + W (4) + N (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CROSSTOWN
CROSSTOWN has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CROSSTOWN
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- crowns11
- consorts10
- crown10
- crows10
- scows10
- consort9
- crotons9
- nostocs9
- strown9
- strows9
- swoons9
- worsts9
- cows9
- crow9
- scow9
- contos8
- croons8
- croton8
- nostoc8
- scoots8
- scorns8
- nowts8
- snows8
- stows8
- strow8
- swoon8
- sworn8
- swots8
- towns8
- trows8
- wonts8
- worst8
- worts8
- cow8
- conto7
- coons7
- coots7
- corns7
- costs7
- croon7
- cross7
- scoot7
- scorn7
- scots7
- tocos7
- torcs7
- nows7
- nowt7
- owns7
- owts7
- rows7
- snow7
- sown7
- sows7
- stow7
- swot7
- town7
- tows7
- trow7
- twos7
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