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What does pawl mean? Is pawl a Scrabble word?

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Is pawl a Scrabble word?

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

P3A1W4L1

Is pawl a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3A1W4L1

Is pawl a Words With Friends word?

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

P4A1W4L2

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4-letter words (1 found)

PAWL,

3-letter words (7 found)

ALP,AWL,LAP,LAW,PAL,PAW,WAP,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AW,LA,PA,

You can make 12 words from pawl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pawl

pawl apwl pwal wpal awpl wapl palw aplw plaw lpaw alpw lapw pwla wpla plwa lpwa wlpa lwpa awlp walp alwp lawp wlap lwap

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

Definitions and meaning of pawl

pawl

Etymology

17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔːl/
    Rhymes: -ɔːl
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /pɑl/
  • Homophones: pall, Paul

Noun

pawl (plural pawls)

  1. A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
  2. A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.

Hypernyms

  • detent

Derived terms

  • pawl bitt
  • pawl rim

Translations

Verb

pawl (third-person singular simple present pawls, present participle pawling, simple past and past participle pawled)

  1. (transitive) To stop with a pawl.

Derived terms

  • pawl the capstan

References

Further reading

  • pawl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Walp, plaw

Source: wiktionary.org