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Is craw a Scrabble word?

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

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

CRAW,

3-letter words (5 found)

ARC,CAR,CAW,RAW,WAR,

2-letter words (2 found)

AR,AW,

You can make 8 words from craw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of craw

craw rcaw carw acrw racw arcw crwa rcwa cwra wcra rwca wrca cawr acwr cwar wcar awcr wacr rawc arwc rwac wrac awrc warc

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

Definitions and meaning of craw

craw

Alternative forms

  • crag

Etymology

Late Middle English, also attested as craue, from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German crāghe (collar, neck), from Proto-Germanic *kragô (throat), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrogʰ- or *gʷrh₃-gʰ- (throat, gullet), whence also Old Irish bráge (throat, gullet) and perhaps Ancient Greek βρόχθος (brókhthos, throat).

Other Germanic cognates include Danish krave, German Kragen (collar) and Old Dutch kraga (neck) (whence modern Dutch kraag). See also crag (Etymology 2).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

craw (plural craws)

  1. (archaic) The stomach of an animal.
  2. The crop of a bird.

Synonyms

  • crop
  • gullet

Derived terms

  • stick in someone's craw

Translations

Verb

craw (third-person singular simple present craws, present participle crawing, simple past and past participle crawed)

  1. (archaic) To caw, crow.

Anagrams

  • WRAC

Middle English

Noun

craw

  1. Alternative form of crowe

Welsh

Etymology

From crawen (crust, rind), from Proto-Celtic *greup, from Proto-Indo-European *krus- (crust), see also Latin crusta (crust), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, frost, icy cold), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, crystal, ice), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀 (xruzdra, hard), Sanskrit क्रूड् (krūḍ, thicken, make hard).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /kraːu̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /krau̯/

Noun

craw m (plural crawiau)

  1. a rejected piece of slate, often used for building fences in quarrying regions of north Wales
  2. a bad person, a bad lot

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “craw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Source: wiktionary.org