Definitions for AWL

AWL awl

Spelling: [awl]
IPA: /ɔl/

Awl is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in AWL (alw).

Definitions for AWL

noun

  1. a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.

Origin of AWL

before 900; Middle English al, eal, aul, Old English al, eal, æl; cognate with Old Norse alr; akin to Middle English ēl, Old English ǣl, Old High German āla (German Ahle), Sanskrit ā́rā

Examples for AWL

Baba Mustapha was seated with an awl in his hand, just going to work.

Daniel D'Addario is a writer who's contributed to Newsweek, The awl, Urlesque, and Capital.

Natasha Vargas-Cooper is the Los Angeles correspondent for The awl.

This second view was given representative voice by Choire Sicha at The awl.

And "hahaha" echoed the old man, still sitting with the awl in his hand.

Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl.

Then he took an awl, heated it red-hot, and applied it to her eye—her sound one.

We cut with a knife, we pierce with an awl, we weave with a shuttle, we name with a name.

The shuttle will be made by the carpenter; the awl by the smith or skilled person.

He regularly contributes essays to The awl, and is a graduate of both NYU and Columbia University.

Word Value for AWL
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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