crawfish

crawfish is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Crayfish. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Alt. of Crayfish
2. noun. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

   Synonyms: crayfish, langouste

3. noun. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

   Synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy, crayfish

4. noun. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

   Synonyms: crawdad, crayfish, ecrevisse

5. verb. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

   "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"

   "He backed out of his earlier promise"

   Synonyms: retreat, withdraw

Synonyms

crayfish, langouste, crawdad, crawdaddy, ecrevisse, retreat, withdraw

Common word forms

crawfished, crawfishes, crawfishing

Words from these letters

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