DAW is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAW?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAW is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does DAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A jackdaw, in older or dialect writing.
Daw is the elder name and the bird kept it inside the longer one: jack was added as a familiar prefix, the way it was to jack rabbit and jackass. The word survives in dialect and in the old phrase about a daw in borrowed feathers.
How DAW is used
Countable: a daw, two daws. Archaic and dialect.
- A daw took the ring and dropped it two fields away.
- The older books write daw and mean the same bird.
- A daw in borrowed feathers is still a daw.
- Two daws nested in the chimney every spring.
- The word daw sits inside the longer name for the bird.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAW
The 3 tiles of DAW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DAW
Showing 24 of 48 words that begin with DAW.
Words ending in DAW
2 words end in DAW. Useful as a back hook: play DAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with DAW inside
16 words contain DAW in the middle. Words that start with DAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAW
Common questions about DAW
- Is DAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAW, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAW worth?
- DAW is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAW mean?
- A jackdaw, in older or dialect writing.
- What letters can be added to DAW?
- DAW takes 7 hooks: 1 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DAW:
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