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Yes. The word pawpaw is a Scrabble US word. The word pawpaw is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

PAWPAW,

5-letter words (2 found)

PAPAW,PAWAW,

4-letter words (3 found)

PAPA,PAWA,WAWA,

3-letter words (6 found)

APP,AWA,PAP,PAW,WAP,WAW,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AW,PA,

You can make 15 words from pawpaw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pawpaw

pawpaw

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔːpɔː/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːpɑː/

Etymology 1

Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya (which is botanically unrelated) from Kari'na kapaja; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown.

Via Yuchi pahpah

Alternative forms

  • paw-paw

Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

  1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
    1. Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba).
    2. Papaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree.
    3. Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America.
  2. The fruit of these trees.
    Synonyms: bandango, custard apple, hillbilly mango, prairie banana
Translations
Further reading
  • pawpaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Asimina triloba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one’s father’s father).

Alternative forms

  • papaw, pappaw

Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

  1. (dialectal or colloquial) Grandfather.
Usage notes
  • Often used as a term of address and hence capitalized, as Pawpaw or PawPaw (or in other spellings, e.g. Paw Paw).
Synonyms
  • peepaw, pepaw

See also

  • mamaw

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pawˈpaw/, [paʊ̯ˈpaʊ̯]
  • Hyphenation: paw‧paw

Adjective

pawpáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)

  1. level to the brim; smooth on top
    Synonym: pantay-labi

Further reading

  • “pawpaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org