Yes, credit is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Give someone credit for something

2. Ascribe an achievement to

3. Accounting: enter as credit

4. Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

Noun

1. Approval

2. Money available for a client to borrow

3. An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

4. Used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise;

5. Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

6. Recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

7. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

8. An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work

9. An estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments