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Is claw a Scrabble word?

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

C3L1A1W4

Is claw a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3L1A1W4

Is claw a Words With Friends word?

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

C4L2A1W4

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4-letter words (1 found)

CLAW,

3-letter words (5 found)

AWL,CAL,CAW,LAC,LAW,

2-letter words (3 found)

AL,AW,LA,

You can make 9 words from claw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of claw

claw lcaw calw aclw lacw alcw clwa lcwa cwla wcla lwca wlca cawl acwl cwal wcal awcl wacl lawc alwc lwac wlac awlc walc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word claw. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in claw.

Definitions and meaning of claw

claw

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /klɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /klɔ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /klɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish klo, Norwegian klo, and Swedish klo.

Noun

claw (plural claws)

  1. A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
  2. A foot equipped with such.
  3. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
  4. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
  5. (colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
  6. (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
  7. (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.
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  • claw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English clawen, from Old English clawan, clāwan, *clēn, clawian, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną.

Verb

claw (third-person singular simple present claws, present participle clawing, simple past and past participle clawed)

  1. To scratch or to tear at.
  2. To use the claws to seize, to grip.
  3. To use the claws to climb.
  4. (juggling) To perform a claw catch.
  5. To move with one's fingertips.
  6. (transitive, obsolete)
    1. To relieve an uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching (someone or something); hence (figuratively), to flatter or humour (someone); to court, to fawn on.
    2. To rail at, revile, or scold (someone or something).
    3. To do (something) quickly.
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • claw me, claw thee
Translations

Anagrams

  • cawl

Middle English

Noun

claw

  1. Alternative form of clawe

Source: wiktionary.org