hawkshaw
Plural: hawkshaws
Noun
- An informal term for a detective or an investigator.
- someone who is a detective
- A detective.
Examples
- The Scrabble HAWKSHAW deduced his opponent’s hidden letters from the board.
Origin / Etymology
From Hawkshaw the Detective, a character in Tom Taylor's 1863 play The Ticket of Leave Man. The name was later borrowed in the early 20th century for a character in an American comic strip.
Scrabble Score: 24
hawkshaw: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhawkshaw: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hawkshaw: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
hawkshaw: valid Words With Friends Word