Is ACROSS a word?
ACROSS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 45 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, ACROSS is a valid word.
What does across mean?
adverb: to the opposite side.
“the football field was 300 feet across”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
ACROSS: word details
- Pronunciation: uhk-RAWS (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of across
Shorter words inside across
Words you can make from the letters of across.
Solve a whole rack, not just ACROSS
ACROSS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does ACROSS mean?
ACROSS is a adverb. It means: to the opposite side.
Is ACROSS a valid word?
Yes, ACROSS is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.