BLOWSY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BLOWSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOWSY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLOWSY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOWSY
No single letter turns BLOWSY into another word.
How BLOWSY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BLOWSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,164 thousand.
What stands out about BLOWSY
- BLOWSY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BLOWSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Untidy and slovenly in appearance, often with a red, coarse or flushed look.
Blowsy is used chiefly of a person, traditionally a woman, whose hair and clothes look carelessly arranged and whose face looks flushed. Writers also use it for flowers that are fully open and heavy, which gives the word a faintly affectionate side. The spelling blowzy is the same word, and blousy is a further variant; blowsy is the form most dictionaries list first.
How BLOWSY is used
Informal and descriptive; can sound unkind when applied to a real person.
- The blowsy barmaid wiped the counter with a corner of her apron.
- By noon the garden was full of blowsy peonies sagging under their own weight.
- He painted her as a blowsy figure leaning on the open window.
- A blowsy old sofa filled the corner of the room.
- Her blowsy appearance after the long journey made the porter stare.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOWSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOWSY
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Common questions about BLOWSY
- Is BLOWSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOWSY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOWSY worth?
- BLOWSY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOWSY mean?
- Untidy and slovenly in appearance, often with a red, coarse or flushed look.
- What letters can be added to BLOWSY?
- No single letter can be added to BLOWSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BLOWSY:
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