BOWIE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOWIE 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept BOWIE?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOWIE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOWIE
No single letter turns BOWIE into another word.
How BOWIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOWIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does BOWIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A large sheath knife with a single-edged, slightly curved blade.
A bowie is a fixed-blade hunting knife with a distinctive clipped point, carried in a sheath rather than folded away. It is heavier than a pocket knife and built for cutting and skinning rather than for delicate work, and it remains a standard pattern sold under that name today.
How BOWIE is used
Used of the knife pattern only; countable, as in a bowie or two bowies.
- He wore a bowie on his belt whenever he went hunting.
- The museum case held a bowie with a bone handle.
- A good bowie can skin an animal and split kindling.
- She bought a bowie for the camping trip.
- The blade of a bowie is thicker than a kitchen knife.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOWIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words with BOWIE inside
2 words contain BOWIE in the middle. Words that start with BOWIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOWIE
Common questions about BOWIE
- Is BOWIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOWIE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOWIE worth?
- BOWIE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOWIE mean?
- A large sheath knife with a single-edged, slightly curved blade.
- What letters can be added to BOWIE?
- No single letter can be added to BOWIE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOWIE:
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