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Crabs

/kɹæbz/

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters
Definition of Crabs

noun

  1. A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
  2. The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
  3. A bad-tempered person.
  4. (in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

    "Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks."

  5. A playing card with the rank of three.

verb

  1. To fish for crabs.
  2. To ruin.
  3. To complain.
  4. To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
  5. To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.

noun

  1. The crab apple or wild apple.
  2. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
  3. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
  4. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
  5. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
  2. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
  3. (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick

noun

  1. The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.

noun

  1. Short for carabiner.
Anagrams of Crabs

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "crabs":

carbs

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "crabs" and rearranging:

+abarcasscarab
+ebracescabers
+hbrachs
+ocarboscarobscobras
+tbracts
Related Word Patterns
CR...Words starting with "cr"...BSWords ending with "bs"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "crabs"
Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

crab apple
Letter Values
c3
r1
a1
b3
s1

Total: 9 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Crabs
abcoulombsabsabsorbsadsorbsadverbsalbsaldicarbsantisnobsaplombsarbsardebsbackstabs
Related 5-Letter Words
cabalcabbycabercabincablecabobcacaocacascachecacticaddycadescadetcadgecadgy

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Crabs"

Crabs is a 5-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "crabs" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Crabs" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "crabs" is a low-scoring word.