Definitions for crucial

crucial cru·cial

Spelling: [kroo-shuh l]
IPA: /ˈkru ʃəl/

Crucial is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in crucial (accilru).

Definitions for crucial

adjective

  1. involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical:
  2. severe; trying.
  3. of the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

Origin of crucial

1700-10; Latin cruci- (stem of crux) cross + -al1

Examples for crucial

Orley slapped his card down; it was a crucial card, the jack.

And some of the most compelling statements came from a powerful, crucial set of equality allies: corporations.

Given that crucial importance, The Macallan is famously hands-on when it comes to its wooden barrels.

From the looks of it, mistletoe is a keystone species and plays a crucial role in that forest ecosystem.

The following and last experiment that I tried on this occasion was the most crucial.

All it needs is one more “pipe” to select and transmit the crucial information.

What names will afford the most crucial test of natural fitness?

Mrs. Winthrop helped him by her entrance at this crucial point.

Some pilots consider the infrared marker to be crucial to the close air-support mission to support ground troops.

But at any rate, no one will deny that interest is the crucial matter.

Word Value for crucial
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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