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Anagrams of CRUEL

CRUEL has 5 letters and 2 anagrams that use every letter: ULCER and LUCRE. Its letters also make 17 shorter words, listed below by length with their points.

CRUEL: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)

Full anagrams of CRUEL (2)

Every word below uses all 5 letters of CRUEL (C R U E L), each exactly once.

  • ULCER8
  • LUCRE8
ULCER
a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal…

4-letter words from the letters of CRUEL (7)

  • CLUE7
  • CURE7
  • CURL7
  • ECRU7
  • LUCE7
  • LURE5
  • RULE5

3-letter words from the letters of CRUEL (7)

  • CEL5
  • CUE6
  • CUR6
  • ECU6
  • LEU4
  • REC5
  • RUE4

2-letter words from the letters of CRUEL (3)

  • EL2
  • ER2
  • RE2

What the words from CRUEL mean

CLUE
a slight indication
CURE
provide a cure for, make healthy again
CURL
form a curl, curve, or kink
RULE
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
CUE
an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or…
RE
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
LURE
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or…

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

CRUEL in numbers

Letters
5 (2 vowels, 5 different)
Full anagrams
2
Words from its letters
17
Longest shorter word
CLUE, CURE and CURL (4 letters)
Best score
ULCER, 8 points
CRUEL itself
8 points before bonus squares

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Questions

What is an anagram of CRUEL?

ULCER and LUCRE: the words using exactly the letters C R U E L, each once.

How many words can you make from the letters of CRUEL?

19 words of two letters or more (2 using all 5 letters), each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).

What is the highest-scoring word from CRUEL?

ULCER, worth 8 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.

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