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Is growl a Scrabble word?

Yes, growl is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of growl?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (by extension) A similar sound made by a human.broadly

2. (by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.Examples: "Riding down the main thoroughfare, the growl of his stomach taints the soothing jazz playing on the radio."broadly

3. (by extension) An aggressive grumbling.Examples: "The clerk promised that he would; and Scrooge walked out with a growl. The office was closed in a twinkling, and the clerk, with the long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted no great-coat), went down a slide on Cornhill, at the end of a lane of boys, twenty times, in honour of its being Christmas Eve, and then ran home to Camden Town as hard as he could pelt, to play at blindman's-buff."; "The Welsh farmer, strong, broad-shouldered and blue-eyed, acknowledged Willie's presence by an unintelligible ejaculation which sounded very much like a growl, and with not very cheerful hospitality pushed a chair towards him. […] [T]he farmer swallowed his broth in huge spoonfuls, alternating with growls, […]"; "One of the shows we saw was Captain Beefheart at the Finsbury Park Astoria, now the Rainbow Theatre. It was one of my all-time favorite shows, the Captain an outrageous character who defied all bounds of middle-class taste with his Delta-blues growl and made-up language."broadly

4. (jazz, by extension) A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument.Examples: "The growl effect comes from fitting a small straight mute—a cornet mute for trumpet and a trumpet mute for trombone—covering the instrument's bell with a rubber plunger, the kind used by plumbers, and moving it in and out to affect the tone."; "Just as [Duke] Ellington the composer was not the originator of the growls, moans, and other expressive devices that jazz musicians developed from European instruments, neither was he the particular techniques he used at the piano. It was the wealth of possibilities he uncovered for combining, simplifying, expanding, or even distorting the common jazz piano vocabulary of the day that put Ellington in a class by himself."broadly

5. (by extension) Death growlbroadly

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.Examples: "The dog growled at me as I walked past."; "[T]here are Wolf-Whelps in Palaces, and Governments, as well as in Cottages, and Forreſts. […] They go out however, as there is Occaſion, and Hunt and Growle for Company; but at the ſame time, they give the Sign out of their Maſters hand, hold Intelligence with the Enemy; and Make uſe of their Power and Credit to Worry Honeſter Men them Themſelves."; "Let bears and lions growl and fight, / Let bears and lions growl and fight, / For 'tis their nature too, / For 'tis their nature too."Synonyms: gnar, gnarl, gurl, snarlintransitive

2. (intransitive, jazz) Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.Examples: "And he is bending in the wind, scooping pitch, growling. […] He plays his false fingers. Chokes the trumpet. He is naked. This is naked jazz. O-bop-she-bam. Never lying. Telling it like it is."; "James "Bubber" Miley "used to growl all night long, playing gutbucket on his horn. That was when we decided to forget all about the sweet music.""intransitive

3. (intransitive, software) To send a user a message via the Growl software library.intransitive

4. (transitive) To express (something) by growling.Examples: "The old man growled his displeasure at the postman."; "Bastane, as he entered, growled an invective, while he sullenly expressed his discontent at an unexpected call and additional labour."transitive

5. (transitive, jazz) To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound.Examples: "[…] John Gilmore would take up his tenor and growl a keening march, Danny Thompson stab and worry with a flute, Sun Ra leave his big conga and mount the temple of keyboards for a ritual parenthesis of chromatic zig-zags and electro-howls."transitive

6. (intransitive) To perform death growl vocals.intransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "growl"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "growl"?

Scrabble
9 points
G2
R1
O1
W4
L1
Words With Friends
11 points
G3
R1
O1
W4
L2

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