CRAWL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CRAWL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRAWL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRAWL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRAWL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRAWL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRAWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does CRAWL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move slowly with the body close to the ground, typically supported by the hands and knees.
Crawl describes a manner of movement rather than a fixed method, so a soldier crawling under wire and a baby crawling across a rug both use the same word for different reasons. In figurative use, traffic or time is said to crawl when it moves at a frustratingly slow pace, and a swimmer's crawl stroke borrows the word for its low, reaching motion through water.
How CRAWL is used
People crawl on hands and knees, while vehicles and time are said to crawl when progress feels painfully slow.
- The toddler began to crawl across the kitchen floor.
- Rush-hour traffic can crawl along at barely five miles an hour.
- Soldiers were trained to crawl under the barbed wire without lifting their heads.
- A caterpillar's crawl looks almost like a series of tiny waves.
- By midnight the meeting had slowed to a crawl, with nobody willing to decide anything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRAWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRAWL
14 longer words begin with CRAWL.
Words ending in CRAWL
5 words end in CRAWL. Useful as a back hook: play CRAWL onto a word already on the board.
Words with CRAWL inside
21 words contain CRAWL in the middle. Words that start with CRAWL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CRAWL
Common questions about CRAWL
- Is CRAWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRAWL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRAWL worth?
- CRAWL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRAWL mean?
- To move slowly with the body close to the ground, typically supported by the hands and knees.
- What letters can be added to CRAWL?
- CRAWL takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRAWL:
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