CRAW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CRAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRAW?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRAW is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRAW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CRAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does CRAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
The crop of a bird.
Craw survives almost entirely inside the phrase about something sticking in it, which means being unable to accept something. The literal sense is used only by people who keep poultry.
How CRAW is used
Countable: a craw, two craws.
- A craw holds food before the gizzard grinds it.
- The word craw survives mostly in one phrase.
- Something stuck in the craw is something unacceptable.
- Two craws full and the birds still eating.
- Only poultry keepers use craw literally.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRAW
24 longer words begin with CRAW.
Words ending in CRAW
2 words end in CRAW. Useful as a back hook: play CRAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with CRAW inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain CRAW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CRAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRAW
Common questions about CRAW
- Is CRAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRAW, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRAW worth?
- CRAW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRAW mean?
- The crop of a bird.
- What letters can be added to CRAW?
- CRAW takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CRAW:
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