What does CRUNCH mean?

Pronunciation
/krʌntʃ/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
13
Words With Friends score
16
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. the sound of something crunching“he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path”
  2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)“an end-of-the year crunch”
  3. the act of crushing

verb

  1. make a crushing noise“his shoes were crunching on the gravel”
  2. press or grind with a crushing noise
  3. chew noisily“The children crunched the celery sticks”
  4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading“grind the spices in a mortar”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

crunched16crunches15crunching17

Anagrams of CRUNCH

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside CRUNCH

10 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

churn10curch12curn6cur5hun6run3 urn3nu2uh5un2

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Questions

Is CRUNCH a valid word in word games?

CRUNCH is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is CRUNCH worth?

CRUNCH is worth 13 points with Scrabble letter values and 16 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from CRUNCH?

10 other words, including RUN, UN, UH and NU.