Pawl
4 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A pivoting mechanical catch that engages with the teeth of a ratchet wheel to allow movement in one direction while preventing it in the other.
“The pawl clicked into place as the ratchet advanced one notch.”
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Contains the AW vowel pair and ends in L, an uncommon engineering term that uses only common letters
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PAWL scores 9 points, W is worth 4, making this a solid scoring option for a four-letter word
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