Scrabble & Words with friends points
- crawl is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- crawl is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- crawl is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of crawl
- show submission or fear (verb)
Synonyms
- cower
- creep
- cringe
- fawn
- grovel
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body (noun)
Examples
- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
Synonyms
- crawling
- creep
- creeping
- a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick (noun)
Synonyms
- australian crawl
- front crawl
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground (verb)
Examples
- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
Synonyms
- creep
- a very slow movement (noun)
Examples
- the traffic advanced at a crawl
- be full of (verb)
Examples
- The old cheese was crawling with maggots
- feel as if crawling with insects (verb)
Examples
- My skin crawled--I was terrified
- swim by doing the crawl (verb)
Examples
- European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl
See definition of crawl in Merriam Webster