crew: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with C · ends with W
Meaning of crew
noun
A group of people together A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
Example: If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.
A group of people together A group of people working together on a task.
Example: The crews competed to cut the most timber.
A group of people together The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
Example: There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!
- derogatory, informal, often
A group of people together A close group of friends.
Example: I’d look out for that whole crew down at Jack’s.
Listed forms: crews.
Source: Wiktionary — crew.
verb
- intransitive, transitive
To be a member of a vessel's crew.
Example: We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.
- transitive
To be a member of a work or production crew.
Example: The film was crewed and directed by students.
- transitive
To supply workers or sailors for a crew.
To do the proper work of a sailor.
Example: The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient.
Listed forms: crews, crewing, crewed.
Source: Wiktionary — crew.
verb
- UK, archaic, form-of, past
simple past of crow (“make the characteristic sound of a rooster”).
Base or related entry: crow.
Example: It was still dark when the cock crew.
Source: Wiktionary — crew.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for crew.
noun
an organized group of workmen
- gang
- work party
noun
an informal body of friends
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is crew in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of crew
C(3) + R(1) + E(1) + W(4) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of crew
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from crew
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in crew. Showing up to 24, longest first.