COWTOWN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COWTOWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COWTOWN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWTOWN is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWTOWN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cowtownsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWTOWN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COWTOWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| w | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,940 thousand.
What does COWTOWN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A town in a cattle-raising region, especially one that served ranchers in the American West.
A cowtown once grew around stockyards and railway depots where herds were sold and shipped. People sometimes use cowtown more loosely and a little dismissively for any small, unsophisticated town.
How COWTOWN is used
Cowtown can be a neutral historical label or a mildly mocking description of a place.
- Dodge City was the best-known cowtown in Kansas.
- He grew up in a dusty cowtown where everyone knew the ranchers.
- The city still celebrates its cowtown roots every summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWTOWN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COWTOWN
1 longer words begin with COWTOWN.
Shorter words from the letters in COWTOWN
Common questions about COWTOWN
- Is COWTOWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWTOWN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWTOWN worth?
- COWTOWN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWTOWN mean?
- A town in a cattle-raising region, especially one that served ranchers in the American West.
- What letters can be added to COWTOWN?
- COWTOWN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COWTOWN:
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