maul

maul is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
2. transitive verb. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
3. transitive verb. To injure greatly; to do much harm to.
4. noun. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

   Synonyms: sledge, sledgehammer

5. verb. injure badly by beating

   Synonyms: mangle

6. verb. split (wood) with a maul and wedges

Synonyms

sledge, sledgehammer, mangle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in maul:

alum, luma

Common word forms

mauls, mauled, mauler, mauling

Words from these letters

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