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What does slaw mean? Is slaw a Scrabble word?

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Is slaw a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word slaw is a Scrabble US word. The word slaw is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1L1A1W4

Is slaw a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word slaw is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1L1A1W4

Is slaw a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word slaw is a Words With Friends word. The word slaw is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1L2A1W4

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4-letter words (3 found)

AWLS,LAWS,SLAW,

3-letter words (7 found)

ALS,AWL,LAS,LAW,SAL,SAW,WAS,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AS,AW,LA,

You can make 14 words from slaw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of slaw

slaw

English

Etymology

Borrowed (around 1861) from Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /slɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /slɔ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /slɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

slaw (countable and uncountable, plural slaws)

  1. (US, Canada) Coleslaw.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • awls, Laws, WASL, LAWS, Wals, LAWs, lwas, laws

Old English

Alternative forms

  • slǣw, slēaw

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɑːw/

Adjective

slāw

  1. lazy
  2. slow, inert

Declension

Derived terms

  • slāwlīċe
  • slǣwþ

Descendants

  • Middle English: slaw, slow
    • English: slow
    • Geordie English: slaw
    • Scots: slaw

References

  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Sláw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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