CAHOW is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CAHOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAHOW?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAHOW is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAHOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cahowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAHOW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CAHOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does CAHOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyrare
The Bermuda petrel, a rare seabird once thought extinct and now found only around Bermuda.
The cahow is a small, nocturnal seabird named after its distinctive, eerie call, and it nests in burrows on a handful of tiny islands near Bermuda. For nearly three centuries it was believed extinct, hunted heavily by early settlers and sailors, until a small surviving population was rediscovered in the twentieth century. Since then, dedicated conservation work has slowly increased its numbers, making the cahow a notable symbol of species recovery. The name itself is an imitation of the bird's call, recorded by early European settlers on the islands.
How CAHOW is used
Rare and specialized; used mainly in ornithology and conservation writing about Bermuda's wildlife.
- Conservationists have worked for decades to protect the last cahow colonies.
- The cahow was long presumed extinct before its rediscovery.
- Each cahow burrow on the islet is carefully monitored by researchers.
- The night air carried the strange cry that gave the cahow its name.
- Bermuda now treats the cahow as a national conservation symbol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAHOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAHOW
1 longer words begin with CAHOW.
Shorter words from the letters in CAHOW
Common questions about CAHOW
- Is CAHOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAHOW, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAHOW worth?
- CAHOW is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAHOW mean?
- The Bermuda petrel, a rare seabird once thought extinct and now found only around Bermuda.
- What letters can be added to CAHOW?
- CAHOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CAHOW:
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