Is “Cripple” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
CRIPPLE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Cripple

/ˈkɹɪpl/

noun
  1. 1.(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

    He returned from war a cripple.

  2. 2.A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.

  3. 3.Scrapple.

Synonyms: disabled

verb
  1. 1.To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired

    The car bomb crippled five passers-by.

  2. 2.To damage seriously; to destroy

    My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.

  3. 3.To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.

    The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.

Synonyms: limit, restrict

adjective
  1. 1.Crippled.