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Is bawl a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bawl is a Scrabble US word. The word bawl is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

B3A1W4L1

Is bawl a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bawl is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3A1W4L1

Is bawl a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bawl is a Words With Friends word. The word bawl is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1W4L2

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4-letter words (2 found)

BAWL,BLAW,

3-letter words (6 found)

ALB,AWL,BAL,LAB,LAW,WAB,

2-letter words (5 found)

AB,AL,AW,BA,LA,

You can make 13 words from bawl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bawl

bawl abwl bwal wbal awbl wabl balw ablw blaw lbaw albw labw bwla wbla blwa lbwa wlba lwba awlb walb alwb lawb wlab lwab

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Definitions and meaning of bawl

bawl

Etymology

From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to low”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [bɔːɫ]
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɔl/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɑl/
  • Homophone: ball
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Verb

bawl (third-person singular simple present bawls, present participle bawling, simple past and past participle bawled)

  1. (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
  2. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
    Coordinate terms: (cattle sense) croon, bellow, low, moo
  3. (intransitive) To weep profusely.

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Noun

bawl (plural bawls)

  1. A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

Translations

Anagrams

  • ALBW, LBWA

Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔl˧/

Adjective

bawl

  1. blunt

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41

Source: wiktionary.org