What does CRAWL mean?
- Pronunciation
- /krɔl/
- Letters
- 5
- Scrabble score
- 10
- Words With Friends score
- 12
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
verb
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground“The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed”
- feel as if crawling with insects“My skin crawled--I was terrified”
- be full of“The old cheese was crawling with maggots”
- show submission or fear
- swim by doing the crawl“European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl”
noun
- a very slow movement“the traffic advanced at a crawl”
- a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body“a crawl was all that the injured man could manage”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
crawls11crawled13
Anagrams of CRAWL
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside CRAWL
16 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
Related
Questions
Is CRAWL a valid word in word games?
CRAWL is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is CRAWL worth?
CRAWL is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from CRAWL?
16 other words, including LAW, WAR, CAR and AL.