cretin

Meanings

Plural: cretins

Noun

a person of subnormal intelligence
A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
An idiot.

Origin / Etymology

From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), likely from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Latin christiānus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.

Synonyms

changeling, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard

Scrabble Score: 8

cretin is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cretin is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cretin is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

cretin is a valid Words With Friends word