creature
A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
Noun 4 meanings
A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
“insects and other creatures”
An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English creature (“a created thing”), borrowed via Old French creature, from Late Latin creātūra, from creō. By surface analysis, create + -ure. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.
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CREATURE at a glance
CREATURE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,393 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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