crunch
VERBNOUN
/krənʧ/
6 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH C
crunch is a valid 6-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3R1U1N1C3H4
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does crunch mean?
VERB · 4 SENSES
1
Chew noisily.
“The children crunched the celery sticks”
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2
Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
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3
Make a crushing noise.
“his shoes were crunching on the gravel”
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4
Press or grind with a crushing noise.
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NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
The act of crushing.
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2
A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources).
“an end-of-the year crunch”
“a financial crunch”
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3
The sound of something crunching.
“he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path”
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