crack: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 13 letter points · starts with C · ends with K
Meaning of crack
verb
- intransitive
To form cracks.
Example: It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
- intransitive
To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
Example: When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
- intransitive
To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
Example: Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
- intransitive
To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
Example: When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
Listed forms: cracks, cracking, cracked.
Source: Wiktionary — crack.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
Example: A large crack had formed in the roadway.
- countable, uncountable
A narrow opening.
Example: We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
- countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable
A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
Example: I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
- countable, figuratively, slang, uncommon, uncountable
A flaw, weakness, setback, or insecurity.
Listed forms: cracks.
Source: Wiktionary — crack.
adj
- not-comparable
Highly trained and competent.
Example: Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
- not-comparable
Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
Example: She's a crack shot with that rifle.
Source: Wiktionary — crack.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for crack.
adjective
of the highest quality
noun
a long narrow cleft
noun
a narrow opening
noun
a long narrow depression in a surface
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is crack in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of crack
C(3) + R(1) + A(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of crack
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from crack
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in crack. Showing up to 24, longest first.