BOWAT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOWAT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOWAT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOWAT is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOWAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bowatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOWAT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOWAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does BOWAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialectarchaic
A hand lantern, especially an old lantern with a candle inside.
A bowat lit the way to the byre or the harbour before oil lamps and later electricity took over, its horn or metal sides shielding the flame from wind. The word is now met almost only in Scots dictionaries and in writing set in an earlier century.
How BOWAT is used
Chiefly Scots and largely historical; rarely used of a modern lamp.
- He carried a bowat down to the shore to check the boat.
- The byre was lit by a single swinging bowat.
- A bowat hung by the door for anyone coming home late.
- The museum has a dented tin bowat from the last century.
- She trimmed the wick of the bowat before setting out.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOWAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOWAT
1 longer words begin with BOWAT.
Shorter words from the letters in BOWAT
Common questions about BOWAT
- Is BOWAT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOWAT is not in it.
- How many points is BOWAT worth?
- BOWAT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOWAT mean?
- A hand lantern, especially an old lantern with a candle inside.
- What letters can be added to BOWAT?
- BOWAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOWAT:
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