KAW is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. KAW is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KAW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAW is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in KAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What does KAW mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectarchaic
To make the harsh cry of a crow; a dialect variant of caw.
Kaw imitates the sharp, repeated call crows and ravens make, and is simply an older or regional spelling of the far more common word caw. The two words are pronounced almost identically and mean exactly the same thing.
How KAW is used
Dialect spelling; standard English writes caw.
- A crow began to kaw from the bare branch overhead.
- The birds would kaw loudly whenever a stranger passed.
- He imitated the way a raven might kaw at dusk.
- The field echoed as the flock continued to kaw.
- A single kaw broke the silence of the morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KAW
The 3 tiles of KAW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KAW
13 longer words begin with KAW.
Words ending in KAW
1 words end in KAW. Useful as a back hook: play KAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with KAW inside
19 words contain KAW in the middle. Words that start with KAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KAW
Common questions about KAW
- Is KAW valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KAW is not in it.
- How many points is KAW worth?
- KAW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAW mean?
- To make the harsh cry of a crow; a dialect variant of caw.
- What letters can be added to KAW?
- KAW takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of KAW:
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