Definition of crayfish

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • crayfish is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 19
  • crayfish is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 19
  • crayfish is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of crayfish


  • tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crawfish
    2. crawdad
    3. ecrevisse
  • small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crawfish
    2. crawdad
    3. crawdaddy
  • large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crawfish
    2. langouste
    3. rock lobster
    4. sea crawfish
    5. spiny lobster
  • warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. langouste
    2. rock lobster
    3. spiny lobster

See definition of crayfish in Merriam Webster