Jumble solved
Is CRANK a word? Yes.
CRANK is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 5 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 19 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 19
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 5 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 1 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 1 vowel (A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (C, R, N, K).
crank in a sentence
“So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CRANK
One word uses all 5 letters:
- crank
5-letter words
1 word found- crank11
4-letter words
8 words found3-letter words
6 words found2-letter words
4 words foundWords hidden inside CRANK
Without moving a single letter, reading crank straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — rank, ran. The longest unbroken run is rank.
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Shorter words inside CRANK — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CRANK
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and crank opens up 3 6-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
5
Distinct
5
Vowels
20%
A
Consonants
80%
C, R, N, K
Browse more word lists
These letters make a 5-letter rack. Browse all 5-letter words or just the 5-letter words starting with C.
Practise your unscrambling
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Solving CRANK: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters crank?
Rearranging the 5 letters in crank produces 19 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 5-letter answer crank here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does crank have any anagrams?
Using all 5 letters, crank rearranges into exactly one word: crank.
What is the longest word you can make from crank?
The longest solution is crank at 5 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from crank?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: crank yields ack, arc, ark, can, car, ran, an, ar, ka and na. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "crank" used in a sentence?
Crank is itself a valid word. For example: "So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from crank scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, crank is the top scorer from crank at 11 points, followed by cark (10), rack (10) and ack (9). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside crank?
Read left to right without moving any letters and crank already contains 2 shorter words: rank and ran. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is rank. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.