/wɔː/
noun

Is WAW a Scrabble word?

Yes. WAW is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: waw via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English wawen, waȝien, from Old English wagian (“to move, shake, swing, totter”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”).

WAW at a glance

WAW has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + W 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #57,007 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -WAW

More endings

Same last three letters as WAW. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • WILLIWAW17
  • PAWAW13
  • POWWAW17
  • WILLYWAW20

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