Words · Very common
saw
/sɔ/ · 3 letters · 3 distinct letters
- verb
cut with a saw
saw wood for the fireplace
- noun
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- noun
hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
- noun
a power tool for cutting wood
Word history
The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto West Germanic *sagu, from Proto Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto Indo European *sek (“to cut”). The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
- How common it is
- Used about 219 times in every million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Not playable Too short for the spelling bee, where words have four letters or more.