BOW is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOW?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOW is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does BOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bend the upper body forward as a greeting or a mark of respect.
Two different words are spelled bow and said differently: the one rhyming with cow means this, and the one rhyming with go means the weapon and the knot. English has kept them apart for a thousand years by sound alone, which is why the spelling causes trouble only in print.
How BOW is used
Intransitive: bow to the audience. Also a noun.
- He bowed to the audience and left without speaking.
- The cast bows twice and no more, whatever the noise.
- She bowed her head and said nothing.
- The two words spelled bow are said quite differently.
- Nobody bows in that country and everybody nods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOW
Showing 24 of 129 words that begin with BOW.
Words ending in BOW
16 words end in BOW. Useful as a back hook: play BOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOW inside
Showing 24 of 86 words that contain BOW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOW
Common questions about BOW
- Is BOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOW worth?
- BOW is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOW mean?
- To bend the upper body forward as a greeting or a mark of respect.
- What letters can be added to BOW?
- BOW takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BOW:
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