CAW is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAW is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does CAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
The harsh cry of a crow or a rook.
Caw is one of the words English built straight out of the sound, and it has not changed in five hundred years because the bird has not either. It works as noun and verb alike, and a rookery in February is the only place most people hear enough of it to notice the differences.
How CAW is used
Countable and a verb: the rooks caw all morning.
- A single caw carried right across the field.
- The rooks caw from first light until they leave.
- He heard the caw before he saw the bird.
- Two crows cawing at each other is an argument.
- The caw of a raven is deeper and slower.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAW
8 longer words begin with CAW.
Words ending in CAW
2 words end in CAW. Useful as a back hook: play CAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAW inside
8 words contain CAW in the middle. Words that start with CAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAW
Common questions about CAW
- Is CAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAW worth?
- CAW is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAW mean?
- The harsh cry of a crow or a rook.
- What letters can be added to CAW?
- CAW takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAW:
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