Escrow

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Money, property, or a legal document held by a neutral third party and released only when the agreed conditions of a contract are fulfilled.

“The solicitor advised placing the deposit in escrow until the survey results were confirmed.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈɛ.skrəʊ̯/

Syllables

es·crow

Related Words

Synonyms

trust holding deposit

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Starts ESC and ends in OW, with the CR cluster in the middle being a useful distinguishing feature

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points with W scoring 4, a well-known legal term that is straightforward to place on the board

Words Related to Escrow

Anagrams of Escrow

Words that use exactly the same letters as “escrow”.

cowers

Words you can make from Escrow

Shorter words formed from the letters in “escrow”.

ceros cores corse cower crews crose crows owser resow score screw scrow serow sower swore worse cero coes core cose cows cres crew crow

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