What CRAB Means
- noun: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- noun: a quarrelsome grouch
- verb: direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- verb: scurry sideways like a crab
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CRAB is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 A1 B3.
Anagrams of CRAB (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CRAB
10 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing CRAB
CRAB appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
CRABAPPLECRABAPPLESCRABBEDCRABBEDLYCRABBERCRABBERSCRABBIERCRABBIESTCRABBILYCRABBINESSCRABBINGCRABBITCRABBYCRABEATERCRABEATERSCRABGRASSCRABLIKECRABMEATCRABMEATSCRABSCRABSTICKCRABSTICKSCRABWISECRABWOODCRABWOODSEXECRABLEEXECRABLYSCRABSCRABBEDSCRABBINGSCRABBLESCRABBLEDSCRABBLERSCRABBLERSSCRABBLESSCRABBLIERSCRABBLINGSCRABBLYSCRABS
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.