crawl
VERBNOUN
/krɔl/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH C
crawl is a valid 5-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3R1A1W4L1
3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING
What does crawl mean?
VERB · 5 SENSES
1
Show submission or fear.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
RELATED
2
Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.
“The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
3
Be full of.
“The old cheese was crawling with maggots”
BROADER
4
Feel as if crawling with insects.
“My skin crawled--I was terrified”
BROADER
5
Swim by doing the crawl.
“European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl”
BROADER
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.
“a crawl was all that the injured man could manage”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
3
A very slow movement.
“the traffic advanced at a crawl”
BROADER