Crab

/kɹæb/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:10 pts4 letters

Definition of Crab

noun

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
A bad-tempered person.
(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."
A playing card with the rank of three.

verb

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

Anagrams of Crab

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 4 letters:

Words You Can Make

7 words can be made from the letters in "crab":

4-LETTER WORDS

3-LETTER WORDS

arb arc bar bra cab car

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+eacerb brace caber

+ocarbo carob cobra

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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Related Words

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