crescent

1. Crescent-shaped.

2. Waxing, as the moon; increasing.

3. Marked by an increase .

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1. A curved pastry.

2. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.

3. Something shaped like a crescent, especially:.

4. The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

5. The moon at any stage between new moon and first quarter and between last quarter and the succeeding new moon when less than half of the illuminated hemisphere is visible.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
crescent	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
en	2
er	2
es	2
et	2
ne	2
re	2
te	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cee	5
ens	3
ere	3
ern	3
ers	3
est	3
nee	3
net	3
rec	5
ree	3
res	3
ret	3
sec	5
see	3
sen	3
ser	3
set	3
tec	5
tee	3
ten	3
tes	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cees	6
cent	6
cere	6
cert	6
cete	6
erne	4
erns	4
erst	4
esne	4
nest	4
nets	4
recs	6
rees	4
rent	4
rest	4
rete	4
rets	4
sect	6
seen	4
seer	4
sene	4
sent	4
sere	4
tecs	6
teen	4
tees	4
tens	4
tern	4
tree	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cense	7
cents	7
ceres	7
certs	7
cetes	7
crest	7
enter	5
erect	7
ernes	5
ester	5
nerts	5
recce	9
reest	5
rente	5
rents	5
reset	5
scene	7
scent	7
scree	7
sente	5
sneer	5
steer	5
stere	5
stern	5
teens	5
tense	5
terce	7
teres	5
terne	5
terns	5
terse	5
treen	5
trees	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
censer	8
center	8
centre	8
certes	8
enters	6
erects	8
nester	6
recces	10
recent	8
renest	6
rentes	6
resect	8
resent	6
screen	8
secern	8
secret	8
tenrec	8
tenser	6
terces	8
ternes	6
treens	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
centers	9
centres	9
tenrecs	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
crescent	12