Definitions for encrust

encrust en·crust

Spelling: [en-kruhst]
IPA: /ɛnˈkrʌst/

Encrust is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in encrust (cenrstu).

Definitions for encrust

verb (used with or without object)

  1. incrust.

Examples for encrust

You think this, and are ready to encrust yourself with what is conventional and practical.

They constitute the greater number by far of the hard minerals which encrust the terrestrial globe.

Some marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime not only encrust rocks but give rise to sheets of submarine limestone.

Poetry has no golden mean; mediocrity here is of another metal, which Voltaire, however, had skill enough to encrust and polish.

Chatterton took great pains to encrust his gold with verd-antique; it requires little to remove the green rubbish from the coin.

In spite of daily care, very hard water will encrust the china.

A constant sense of gloom is settled like a pall over the whole building, blacker even than the soot and grime which encrust it.

Word Value for encrust
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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