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Is arrow a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word arrow is a Scrabble US word. The word arrow is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

A1R1R1O1W4

Is arrow a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word arrow is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1R1R1O1W4

Is arrow a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word arrow is a Words With Friends word. The word arrow is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1R1R1O1W4

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5-letter words (1 found)

ARROW,

4-letter words (3 found)

AROW,ORRA,ROAR,

3-letter words (5 found)

OAR,ORA,RAW,ROW,WAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AR,AW,OR,OW,WO,

You can make 14 words from arrow according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of arrow

arrow

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæɹəʊ/
  • (General American)
    • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈæɹoʊ/
    • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛ(ə)ɹoʊ/
  • (Estuary English, Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈæɹə/
  • Rhymes: -æɹəʊ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧row

Etymology 1

From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Latin arcus (“bow”).

Noun

arrow (plural arrows)

  2. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
  4. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→).
  5. (graph theory) A directed edge.
  6. (category theory) A morphism.
  7. (colloquial, darts) A dart.
  8. (programming) The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
  9. (botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
Synonyms
  • (projectile): streal
  • (in graph theory): arc, directed edge
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Verb

arrow (third-person singular simple present arrows, present participle arrowing, simple past and past participle arrowed)

  1. (intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
  2. (transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.
  3. (intransitive, botany, of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
  4. (computing, intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.
  5. (Singapore, Singlish, transitive, originally military slang) To single out or nominate (someone) to be responsible for something, especially an undesirable task.

Etymology 2

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Contraction

arrow

  1. (obsolete) Contraction of ever a (sometimes used with a redundant a or an).

Anagrams

  • worra

Source: wiktionary.org