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What does swab mean? Is swab a Scrabble word?

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Is swab a Scrabble word?

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

S1W4A1B3

Is swab a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1W4A1B3

Is swab a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word swab is a Words With Friends word. The word swab is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1W4A1B4

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4-letter words (2 found)

SWAB,WABS,

3-letter words (6 found)

ABS,BAS,SAB,SAW,WAB,WAS,

2-letter words (4 found)

AB,AS,AW,BA,

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

All 4 letters words made out of swab

swab wsab sawb aswb wasb awsb swba wsba sbwa bswa wbsa bwsa sabw asbw sbaw bsaw absw basw wabs awbs wbas bwas abws baws

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

Definitions and meaning of swab

swab

Etymology

Mid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from Middle English swabber (“sailor detailed to swab decks”), from Middle Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway', also found as nautical German Schwabber and Volga German Schwabber ("scrubber, mop, swab")

Pronunciation

  • enPR: swŏb, IPA(key): /swɒb/
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

swab (plural swabs)

  1. (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
  2. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
  3. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
  4. A mop, especially on a ship.
  5. (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
  6. (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.

Synonyms

  • (sailor): swabby

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Verb

swab (third-person singular simple present swabs, present participle swabbing, simple past and past participle swabbed)

  1. (transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.

Translations

Anagrams

  • AWBs, wabs

Egyptian

Romanization

swab

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of swꜥb.

Source: wiktionary.org