crisis: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with C · ends with S
Meaning of crisis
noun
A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
Example: I'm having a major crisis trying to wallpaper the living room.
Listed forms: crises.
Source: Wiktionary — crisis.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is crisis in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of crisis
C(3) + R(1) + I(1) + S(1) + I(1) + S(1) = 8 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 crisis
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 crisis
14 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in crisis. Showing up to 24, longest first.