Is “Crusade” a Scrabble word?
Yes
CRUSADE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Crusade
/kɹuːˈseɪd/
noun
1.Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
“During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.”
2.Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.
3.A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
“a crusade against drug abuse”
verb
1.To go on a military crusade.
2.To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
“He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.”