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Is crabbed a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word crabbed is a Scrabble US word. The word crabbed is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is crabbed a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word crabbed is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is crabbed a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word crabbed is a Words With Friends word. The word crabbed is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CRABBED,

6-letter words (5 found)

BARBED,BRACED,CABBED,DABBER,DECARB,

5-letter words (18 found)

ABBED,ACERB,ACRED,ARCED,ARDEB,BARBE,BARDE,BARED,BEARD,BRACE,BREAD,CABER,CABRE,CADRE,CARED,CEDAR,DEBAR,RACED,

4-letter words (34 found)

ABBE,ABED,ABER,ACED,ACER,ACRE,ARED,BABE,BADE,BARB,BARD,BARE,BEAD,BEAR,BRAD,BRAE,BRED,CADE,CARB,CARD,CARE,CRAB,CRED,DACE,DARB,DARE,DEAR,DRAB,DRAC,EARD,ECAD,RACE,RADE,READ,

3-letter words (25 found)

ABB,ACE,ARB,ARC,ARD,ARE,BAC,BAD,BAE,BAR,BED,BRA,CAB,CAD,CAR,DAB,DAE,DEB,EAR,EBB,ERA,RAD,REB,REC,RED,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AD,AE,AR,BA,BE,DA,DE,EA,ED,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 96 words from crabbed according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of crabbed

crabbed

Etymology

From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹæbd/
  • Rhymes: -æbd

Adjective

crabbed (comparative more crabbed, superlative most crabbed)

  1. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
  2. Cramped, bent.
  3. (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
  4. (aviation, of an aircraft) Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.
  5. (aviation, of an approach and landing) Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.

Derived terms

  • crabbedly
  • crabbedness
  • uncrabbed

Translations

Verb

crabbed

  1. simple past and past participle of crab

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • crabbid, crabbyd, crabbede

Etymology

From crabbe +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrabid/, /ˈkrabɛd/

Adjective

crabbed

  1. immoral, backwards, savage, rapacious
  2. crabbed, ill-tempered, vengeful
  3. (rare) Moving in reverse.

Derived terms

  • crabbednes
  • crabbidly

Descendants

  • English: crabbed
  • Scots: crabbit

References

  • “crabbed, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

Source: wiktionary.org