Straw

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

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters

Definition of Straw

Noun

A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
A drinking straw.
A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
"straw:"
Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
"to not care a straw"

Adjective

Made of straw.
"straw hat"
Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
Imaginary, but presented as real.
"A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon."

Verb

To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

Anagrams of Straw

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

30 words can be made from the letters in "straw":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

arts rats raws star staw swat tars taws tsar twas wars wart wast wats

3-LETTER WORDS

ars art ras rat raw sat saw tar tas taw twa war was wat

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+erawest tawers waster waters

+hswarth thraws wraths

+ystrawy swarty wastry

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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