BOWELS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BOWELS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOWELS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOWELS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOWELS
No single letter turns BOWELS into another word.
How BOWELS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOWELS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 194,019.
What stands out about BOWELS
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOWELS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The intestines, or the deep inner parts of something.
In medical talk the bowels are the long tube of the gut below the stomach, and phrases like bowel movement refer to its function. Older and literary English also used the plural for the seat of deep feeling, and today it appears in the figure of speech the bowels of the earth or the bowels of a ship, meaning a deep and hidden place. The plural form is the usual one, with a singular rare outside medical usage.
How BOWELS is used
Medical in one sense and figurative in another; the figurative use suits dramatic writing.
- The surgeon examined the bowels for any sign of damage.
- They climbed down into the bowels of the old ship.
- Pain gripped his bowels after the meal.
- Miners worked deep in the bowels of the mountain.
- Fibre helps keep the bowels regular.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOWELS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOWELS
The 6 tiles of BOWELS in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BOWELS
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Common questions about BOWELS
- Is BOWELS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOWELS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOWELS worth?
- BOWELS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOWELS mean?
- The intestines, or the deep inner parts of something.
- What letters can be added to BOWELS?
- No single letter can be added to BOWELS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOWELS:
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