What HAWS Means
HAWS is a form of HAW, which means:
- noun: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
- noun: the nictitating membrane of a horse
- verb: utter ‘haw’“he hemmed and hawed”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HAWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 A1 W4 S1.
Anagrams of HAWS (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In HAWS
13 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 (8)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing HAWS
HAWS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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