Crakes

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Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of crake, small short-billed wading birds of the rail family found across the Old World.

“The wetland reserve is one of the few places where corncrakes and other crakes still breed.”

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Synonyms

railsmarsh birds

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Wordle

Ends in the common -AKES pattern and contains the useful letters C, R, A, K, E, S

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Scrabble

Worth 12 points with K scoring 5, and the S makes this a useful extension of crake

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Anagrams of Crakes

Words that use exactly the same letters as “crakes”.

creaks screak

Words one letter different

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brakes

Words you can make from Crakes

Shorter words formed from the letters in “crakes”.

acker acres arces asker caker cakes cares carks carse caser ceras cesar crake creak escar eskar kaser kesar races racks rakes reaks reask recks

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