BOWLS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BOWLS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOWLS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOWLS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOWLS
No single letter turns BOWLS into another word.
How BOWLS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOWLS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,046.
What does BOWLS mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A lawn game in which weighted balls are rolled toward a smaller target ball.
Bowls is played on a flat green, and the aim is to land each bowl as close as possible to the small white jack rather than to hit it. Unlike the bowl used for soup, this word names the sport itself and takes a singular verb: bowls is popular with retired players in Britain and Australia.
How BOWLS is used
Names the game, not the container; treated as singular, as in bowls is on Tuesday.
- They play bowls at the club every Tuesday afternoon.
- Her grandfather has played bowls since he retired.
- The green was too wet for bowls this week.
- Learning bowls takes longer than it looks from the clubhouse.
- A match of bowls can run for two hours or more.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOWLS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOWLS
The 5 tiles of BOWLS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in BOWLS
6 words end in BOWLS. Useful as a back hook: play BOWLS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BOWLS
Common questions about BOWLS
- Is BOWLS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOWLS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOWLS worth?
- BOWLS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOWLS mean?
- A lawn game in which weighted balls are rolled toward a smaller target ball.
- What letters can be added to BOWLS?
- No single letter can be added to BOWLS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOWLS:
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