DOW is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOW?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOW is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does DOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicScots
To be strong or able enough to do something; to thrive.
Dow is an old Scots verb related to the modern word doughty, and it describes having the strength or capacity to manage a task, or more generally to prosper. It appears mainly in ballads and traditional Scots speech rather than in current everyday English.
How DOW is used
Archaic and Scots; found in older ballads and dialect speech rather than modern English.
- He said he dow not lift the heavy sack alone.
- The old rhyme asks whether the weak dow stand against the strong.
- She dow manage the farm now that her strength has returned.
- In the ballad, the knight dow not answer the riddle.
- The proverb claims that only the willing dow succeed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOW
Showing 24 of 256 words that begin with DOW.
Words ending in DOW
17 words end in DOW. Useful as a back hook: play DOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOW inside
Showing 24 of 266 words that contain DOW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOW
Common questions about DOW
- Is DOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOW, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOW worth?
- DOW is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOW mean?
- To be strong or able enough to do something; to thrive.
- What letters can be added to DOW?
- DOW takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DOW:
Open DOW in the Word Finder