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Is thaw a Scrabble word?

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

T1H4A1W4

Is thaw a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1H4A1W4

Is thaw a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word thaw is a Words With Friends word. The word thaw is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1H3A1W4

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4-letter words (2 found)

THAW,WHAT,

3-letter words (6 found)

HAT,HAW,TAW,TWA,WAT,WHA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,AT,AW,HA,TA,

You can make 13 words from thaw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of thaw

thaw htaw tahw athw hatw ahtw thwa htwa twha wtha hwta whta tawh atwh twah wtah awth wath hawt ahwt hwat what awht waht

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

Definitions and meaning of thaw

thaw

Alternative forms

  • thow

Etymology

From Middle English thowen, thawen, from Old English þāwian, from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /θɔ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /θɑ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /θoː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Verb

thaw (third-person singular simple present thaws, present participle thawing, simple past and past participle thawed)

  1. (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
  2. (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
  4. (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

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Noun

thaw (plural thaws)

  1. The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
  2. a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen
  3. (figuratively) A period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding.

Derived terms

Translations

Derived terms

  • dethaw
  • unthaw

See also

  • snowmelt

Anagrams

  • HAWT, Wath, hawt, wath, what

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θau̯/

Verb

thaw

  1. Aspirate mutation of taw.

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org