CLAW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CLAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLAW?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLAW is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clawsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLAW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CLAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does CLAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A curved pointed nail on an animal's foot.
Claw as a verb about clawing back money is twentieth-century and belongs to tax law. The tool called a claw hammer is named from the shape and is eighteenth-century.
How CLAW is used
Countable. Also a verb: clawed, clawing.
- A claw that size leaves a mark on stone.
- The word claw in tax law means recovering money.
- They clawed back half of it and gave up.
- A claw hammer is named from the shape of the head.
- Two claws on the same toe is a deformity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLAW
11 longer words begin with CLAW.
Words ending in CLAW
4 words end in CLAW. Useful as a back hook: play CLAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with CLAW inside
12 words contain CLAW in the middle. Words that start with CLAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CLAW
Common questions about CLAW
- Is CLAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLAW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLAW worth?
- CLAW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLAW mean?
- A curved pointed nail on an animal's foot.
- What letters can be added to CLAW?
- CLAW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CLAW:
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