papaw

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
5

Definition of papaw

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A tree, Carica papaya, native to tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, that produces dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
See all 3 definitions

noun

  1. A tree, Carica papaya, native to tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, that produces dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
  2. (Southern-US, US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal)Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather.
  3. (Southern-US, US, dialectal, uncommon)A father.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From papaya.

Words you can make from papaw

9 playable · top: PAPA (8 pts)

Best play papa 8 points

3-letter words

5 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to papaw to make another valid word.

Find your best play with papaw

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes papaw, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.