Scrabble & Words with friends points
- cross is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- cross is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- cross is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of cross
- meet at a point (verb)
Synonyms
- intersect
- to cover or extend over an area or time period (verb)
Synonyms
- span
- sweep
- traverse
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis (adjective)
Examples
- cross members should be all steel
Synonyms
- thwartwise
- transversal
- transverse
- travel across or pass over (verb)
Synonyms
- cover
- cut across
- cut through
- get across
- get over
- pass over
- track
- traverse
- annoyed and irritable (adjective)
Synonyms
- bad-tempered
- crabbed
- crabby
- fussy
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-tempered
- any affliction that causes great suffering (noun)
Examples
- that is his cross to bear
Synonyms
- crown of thorns
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other (noun)
Synonyms
- crisscross
- mark
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids (noun)
Synonyms
- crossbreeding
- crossing
- hybridisation
- hybridization
- hybridizing
- interbreeding
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (verb)
Synonyms
- baffle
- bilk
- foil
- frustrate
- queer
- scotch
- spoil
- thwart
- (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species (noun)
Examples
- a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
Synonyms
- crossbreed
- hybrid
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties (verb)
Examples
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
Synonyms
- crossbreed
- hybridise
- hybridize
- interbreed
- a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry (noun)
- a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece (noun)
- fold so as to resemble a cross (verb)
Examples
- she crossed her legs
- meet and pass (verb)
Examples
- the trains crossed
- trace a line through or across (verb)
Examples
- cross your `t'
See definition of cross in Merriam Webster