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Crawls

c 3r 1a 1w 4l 1s 1

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · 6 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of crawl

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does crawls mean?

noun

  1. a very slow movement

    “the traffic advanced at a crawl”

  2. a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

    Synonymsfront crawlaustralian crawl

  3. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

    “a crawl was all that the injured man could manage”

    Synonymscrawlingcreepcreeping

verb

  1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

    “The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed”

    Synonymscreep

  2. feel as if crawling with insects

    “My skin crawled--I was terrified”

  3. be full of

    “The old cheese was crawling with maggots”

  4. show submission or fear

    Synonymsfawncreepcringecowergrovel

  5. swim by doing the crawl

    “European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl”

Definitions shown for crawl, the base form of crawls.

Is CRAWLS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is CRAWLS worth?

Scrabble

11 pts
c 3r 1a 1w 4l 1s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
c 4r 1a 1w 4l 2s 1

Wordfeud

12 pts
c 4r 1a 1w 4l 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

13 pts
c 3r 1a 1w 5l 2s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CRAWLS

Anagrams 1

scrawl

Hooks for CRAWLS

Add one letter to the front or back of CRAWLS to make another word.

Front hooks

scrawls

Back hooks

None

Words that end like CRAWLS

Common words that share the ending -AWLS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

brawlsdrawlsshawlstrawlsbawlssprawlsscrawls
All words ending in -AWLS

Crawls: quick answers

Is CRAWLS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. CRAWLS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 11 points before board bonuses.
How many points is CRAWLS worth?
CRAWLS scores 11 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 13 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does crawls mean?
crawls is the plural and third-person singular form of crawl, which means “a very slow movement”. It has 8 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CRAWLS?
You can make 43 shorter words from CRAWLS, such as CLAWS, CRAWL, CRAWS, SCRAW. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of CRAWLS?
CRAWLS rearranges into SCRAWL.