BOWERY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BOWERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOWERY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOWERY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOWERY
No single letter turns BOWERY into another word.
How BOWERY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOWERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What stands out about BOWERY
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 BOWERY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Shaded and leafy like a bower; full of arbours or sheltered leafy nooks.
Bowery is built from bower, an arbour or leafy retreat, and it is used for paths, gardens and glades that feel enclosed by branches. The adjective is mainly poetic and appears in older descriptive writing. Do not confuse it with the capitalised New York place name, which has its own history.
How BOWERY is used
Literary and uncommon; chosen for a cool, shaded, secluded setting.
- They walked along a bowery lane where the sun barely reached the ground.
- The poet praised the bowery quiet of the riverbank.
- A bowery path led from the house down to the pond.
- She sat in a bowery corner of the old garden to read.
- The bowery walk was cool even in July.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOWERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOWERY
The 6 tiles of BOWERY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BOWERY
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Common questions about BOWERY
- Is BOWERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOWERY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOWERY worth?
- BOWERY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOWERY mean?
- Shaded and leafy like a bower; full of arbours or sheltered leafy nooks.
- What letters can be added to BOWERY?
- No single letter can be added to BOWERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOWERY:
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