COWAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. COWAL 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 COWAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWAL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cowalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COWAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does COWAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A shallow lake or swampy depression, especially one that supports vegetation.
Cowal came into Australian English from an Aboriginal language and describes the kind of shallow, often temporary body of water found across parts of inland Australia. Such a cowal may hold water only after rain and dry into grassy ground for the rest of the year, supporting plants that could not survive beside a permanent lake. The word turns up mainly in Australian place names and older descriptions of the outback landscape.
How COWAL is used
Regional Australian term, more common in place names and older descriptions than in everyday speech.
- After heavy rain the cowal filled and birds gathered around it.
- The dry cowal turned green with grass within a week of rain.
- Early settlers used a cowal as a natural watering spot for stock.
- Several Australian place names come from the word cowal.
- A shallow cowal can vanish completely in a long drought.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COWAL
1 longer words begin with COWAL.
Shorter words from the letters in COWAL
Common questions about COWAL
- Is COWAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and COWAL is not in it.
- How many points is COWAL worth?
- COWAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWAL mean?
- A shallow lake or swampy depression, especially one that supports vegetation.
- What letters can be added to COWAL?
- COWAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COWAL:
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