Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of yowl

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  yowl
      n 1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
           bellow filled the hallway" [syn: {bellow}, {bellowing},
           {holla}, {holler}, {hollering}, {hollo}, {holloa}, {roar},
           {roaring}, {yowl}]
      v 1: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the
           desert" [syn: {howl}, {wrawl}, {yammer}, {yowl}]
      2: utter shrieks, as of cats [syn: {yowl}, {caterwaul}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler