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Is faw a Scrabble word?

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

F4A1W4

Is faw a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4A1W4

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The word faw is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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3-letter words (1 found)

FAW,

2-letter words (2 found)

AW,FA,

You can make 3 words from faw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of faw

faw afw fwa wfa awf waf

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Definitions and meaning of faw

faw

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː
  • Homophones: fough, faugh

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

faw

  1. Alternative form of faugh

Etymology 2

Phonetic rendering of for.

Preposition

faw

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.

Etymology 3

From the surname Faa.

Noun

faw (plural faws)

  1. A gypsy.

See also

  • fee-faw-fum (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • FWA, WAF, WFA

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English fawe, faȝe, from Old English fāg, fāh (“coloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining; variegated”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured; motley”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, paint, colour”).

Adjective

faw (comparative mair faw, superlative maist faw)

  1. Of various colours; variegated

Source: wiktionary.org