BOWHEAD is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BOWHEAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOWHEAD?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOWHEAD is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOWHEAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bowheadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOWHEAD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BOWHEAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does BOWHEAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large Arctic whale with a huge arched head and no dorsal fin.
The bowhead can break through ice with its skull to breathe and may live for over a century. It feeds by straining tiny animals from the water through long plates of baleen.
How BOWHEAD is used
Used in zoology and writing on Arctic life.
- A bowhead surfaced through a gap in the ice.
- The bowhead is among the longest-lived mammals.
- Hunters in Alaska have long depended on the bowhead.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOWHEAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOWHEAD
1 longer words begin with BOWHEAD.
Shorter words from the letters in BOWHEAD
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Common questions about BOWHEAD
- Is BOWHEAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOWHEAD, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOWHEAD worth?
- BOWHEAD is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOWHEAD mean?
- A large Arctic whale with a huge arched head and no dorsal fin.
- What letters can be added to BOWHEAD?
- BOWHEAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BOWHEAD:
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