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About CROSS
CROSS is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Definitions
noun
- a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
- any affliction that causes great suffering
- (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
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
verb
- travel across or pass over
- meet at a point
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- fold so as to resemble a cross
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- meet and pass
- trace a line through or across
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
adjective
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
- annoyed and irritable
CROSS in Wordle
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Synonyms
Also: crown of thorns, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across, bad-tempered, ill-tempered.
Not playable in Scrabble US: HYBRIDISATION, HYBRIDISE.