BLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOW?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLOW is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLOW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does BLOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move air; to be moved by wind.
Blow covers moving air, a hard knock and a sudden misfortune, and the knock is a separate Germanic word. A blow-out and a blowout are one word doing two very different jobs.
How BLOW is used
Blown. The past tense is irregular.
- They blow the whistle at four and nobody moves before.
- The word blow covers air and a hard knock.
- A blow to the plan came from an unexpected quarter.
- A tyre blowout and a blow-out meal share one word.
- The fuse has blown and taken the lights with it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BLOW
The 4 tiles of BLOW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BLOW
Showing 24 of 72 words that begin with BLOW.
Words ending in BLOW
9 words end in BLOW. Useful as a back hook: play BLOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with BLOW inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain BLOW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BLOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOW
Common questions about BLOW
- Is BLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOW worth?
- BLOW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOW mean?
- To move air; to be moved by wind.
- What letters can be added to BLOW?
- BLOW takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BLOW:
Open BLOW in the Word Finder