Is “Callow” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
CALLOW
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Callow

/ˈkaləʊ/

noun
  1. 1.A callow young bird.

  2. 2.A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.

  3. 3.An alluvial flat.

adjective
  1. 1.Unfledged (of a young bird).

  2. 2.(by extension) Immature, lacking in life experience.

    Those three young men are particularly callow youths.

  3. 3.Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis); teneral.