COWL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COWL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COWL?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWL is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does COWL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hooded garment; also, a chimney cover.
Cowl came from a Latin word for a hood, and the chimney sense arrived straight from the shape. Part of a car body is called a cowl in some engineering, which is a fourth use of the same idea.
How COWL is used
Countable: a cowl, two cowls.
- A cowl on a chimney stops the wind blowing down it.
- The word cowl came from a Latin one for a hood.
- A monk's cowl and a chimney cowl are the same shape.
- Two cowls on the same roof and neither turning.
- Engineering uses cowl for part of a car body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COWL
The 4 tiles of COWL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COWL
10 longer words begin with COWL.
Words ending in COWL
2 words end in COWL. Useful as a back hook: play COWL onto a word already on the board.
Words with COWL inside
9 words contain COWL in the middle. Words that start with COWL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COWL
Common questions about COWL
- Is COWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWL worth?
- COWL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWL mean?
- A hooded garment; also, a chimney cover.
- What letters can be added to COWL?
- COWL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COWL:
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