saw: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with S · ends with W
Meaning of saw
noun
- usually
A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal. Such a tool with a toothed blade.
- sometimes
A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal. Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
A musical saw.
A sawtooth wave.
Listed forms: saws.
Source: Wiktionary — saw.
verb
- transitive
To cut (something) with a saw.
- intransitive
To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- intransitive
To be cut with a saw.
Example: The timber saws smoothly.
- transitive
To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
Example: to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
Listed forms: saws, sawing, sawed, sawn.
Source: Wiktionary — saw.
noun
- obsolete
Something spoken; speech, discourse.
- archaic
A saying or proverb.
Example: old saw
- obsolete
Opinion, idea, belief.
Example: by thy saw
- obsolete
Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
Listed forms: saws.
Source: Wiktionary — saw.
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 saw.
noun
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
noun
a power tool for cutting wood
- power saw
- sawing machine
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is saw in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of saw
S(1) + A(1) + W(4) = 6 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 saw
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from saw
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in saw. Showing up to 24, longest first.