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Crab

/kɹæb/

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:10 pts4 letters
Definition of Crab

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.
Anagrams of Crab

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

carb

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+abarca
+eacerbbracecaber
+hbrach
+ibaricrabic
+ocarbocarobcobra
+scarbscrabs
+tbract
Related Word Patterns
CR...Words starting with "cr"...ABWords ending with "ab"All 4-letter wordsUnscramble "crab"
Letter Values
c3
r1
a1
b3

Total: 8 Scrabble points

Word Tools
Find Anagrams of "crab"All 4-Letter WordsWords Starting With "C"
Rhymes With Crab
backstabbafflegabbaobabblabcabconfabdabdrabfabflabgabgrab
Related 4-Letter Words
cabscacacadecadicadscafecaffcagecagycaidcaincakecakycalfcalk

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 "Crab"

Crab is a 4-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "crab" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Crab" in Word Games

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