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Is craven a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word craven is a Scrabble US word. The word craven is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3R1A1V4E1N1

Is craven a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word craven is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3R1A1V4E1N1

Is craven a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word craven is a Words With Friends word. The word craven is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4R1A1V5E1N2

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6-letter words (3 found)

CARVEN,CAVERN,CRAVEN,

5-letter words (10 found)

CANER,CARVE,CAVER,CRANE,CRAVE,CRENA,NACRE,RANCE,RAVEN,VAREC,

4-letter words (22 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,AVER,CANE,CARE,CARN,CAVE,CRAN,EARN,NARC,NARE,NAVE,NEAR,RACE,RAVE,REAN,VANE,VARE,VENA,VERA,

3-letter words (22 found)

ACE,ANE,ARC,ARE,AVE,CAN,CAR,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERN,NAE,NAV,RAN,RAV,REC,REN,REV,VAC,VAE,VAN,VAR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AN,AR,EA,EN,ER,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from craven according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of craven

craven

Etymology

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter, or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪ.vən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvən

Adjective

craven (comparative more craven, superlative most craven)

  1. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly

Derived terms

  • cry craven

Translations

Noun

craven (plural cravens)

  1. A coward.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:coward

Translations

Verb

craven (third-person singular simple present cravens, present participle cravening, simple past and past participle cravened)

  1. To make craven.

References

  • “craven”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “craven”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • carven, cavern

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English craving.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krʲeːvən/, /krʲeːbən/
  • Hyphenation: cra‧ven

Adjective

craven

  1. gluttonous, greedy
    Synonyms: gravalicious, licky-licky, nyamy-nyamy

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • crave, cravyn, crawyn, krave

Etymology

From Old English crafian, from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, modification of Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkraːvən/

Verb

craven

  1. to ask or petition (for something)
  2. to demand or claim; to ask forcefully
  3. to ask or inquire (about something)
  4. (rare) to want or crave
  5. (rare) to charge; to calumniate

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: crave
  • Scots: crave
  • Yola: crave

References

  • “crāven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org