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Is flaw a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word flaw is a Scrabble US word. The word flaw is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is flaw a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word flaw is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

F4L1A1W4

Is flaw a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

FLAW,

3-letter words (4 found)

ALF,AWL,FAW,LAW,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AW,FA,LA,

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

All 4 letters words made out of flaw

flaw lfaw falw aflw lafw alfw flwa lfwa fwla wfla lwfa wlfa fawl afwl fwal wfal awfl wafl lawf alwf lwaf wlaf awlf walf

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

Definitions and meaning of flaw

flaw

Etymology 1

From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plok- (“broad, flat”).

Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English flōh (“a fragment, piece”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /flɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /flɔ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /flɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː
  • Homophone: floor (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Noun

flaw (plural flaws)

  1. (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
  2. (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
  3. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
  4. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
    1. (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
    2. (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:defect
Derived terms
  • design flaw
  • flawful
  • flawless
  • flawsome
  • Persian flaw
  • tragic flaw
Translations

Verb

flaw (third-person singular simple present flaws, present participle flawing, simple past and past participle flawed)

  1. (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
  2. (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *flaugh, from Middle Dutch vlāghe or Middle Low German vlāge, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flagā. Or, possibly of North Germanic origin, from Swedish flaga (“gust of wind”), from Old Norse flaga; all from Proto-Germanic *flagǭ (“blow, strike”). See modern Dutch vlaag (“gust of wind”).

Alternative forms

  • flawe (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

flaw (plural flaws)

  1. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
  2. A storm of short duration.
  3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder
    Synonyms: tumult, uproar, quarrel
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Further reading

“flaw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

References

Anagrams

  • AFLW, WAFL

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Verb

flaw

  1. To faint.

Source: wiktionary.org