crusade is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

(historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.
• During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends, (especially) papal-sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.
(figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
• a crusade against drug abuse

Verb

(intransitive) To go on a military crusade.
(intransitive) To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
• He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.

crusade is a Scrabble valid word

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• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
• 10 points

crusade is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

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• The word is valid in iScramble ✔
• The word is valid in QuickWords ✔
• 28 points

Same letters words (Anagrams)

• CUERDAS

Same letters plus one

• ACCURSED
• ADDUCERS
• CARDECUS
• CAROUSED
• CRUSADED
• CRUSADER
• CRUSADES
• CUDBEARS
• CUMRADES
• DACRUZES
• DAUNCERS
• DECURIAS
• DEMARCUS
• DEUCHARS
• DURANCES
• EDUCRATS
• SAUCERED
• SURFACED
• TRADUCES
• UNSACRED
• UNSCARED

Same letters minus one

• CADERS
• CADRES
• CAUSED
• CAUSER
• CEDARS
• CERDAS
• CESURA
• CRASED
• CRUDES
• CUERDA
• CURSED
• DACRES
• DAUERS
• DECARS
• DUCRES
• ECARDS
• READUS
• RUEDAS
• SACEUR
• SACRED
• SAUCED
• SAUCER
• SAUDER
• SCARED
• SURACE