BOWNE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOWNE 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 BOWNE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOWNE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOWNE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOWNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOWNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does BOWNE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To prepare or make oneself ready, especially by dressing for a task or a journey.
To bowne is an old spelling of the verb boun, itself built on a root about setting something in order before it begins. Someone could bowne for battle by arming, bowne for a journey by packing, or simply bowne themselves each morning by dressing. The form faded from everyday English well before boun did, surviving mostly in older texts and regional speech.
How BOWNE is used
Archaic; found in older writing rather than in current speech.
- The knight rose at dawn to bowne himself for the ride.
- She would bowne the children before the long walk to church.
- To bowne for a voyage meant packing and praying both.
- The old ballad tells how the soldiers did bowne for war.
- He read that bowne once meant simply to get ready.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOWNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOWNE
2 longer words begin with BOWNE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOWNE
Common questions about BOWNE
- Is BOWNE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOWNE is not in it.
- How many points is BOWNE worth?
- BOWNE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOWNE mean?
- To prepare or make oneself ready, especially by dressing for a task or a journey.
- What letters can be added to BOWNE?
- BOWNE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOWNE:
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