DOWABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DOWABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOWABLE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOWABLE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOWABLE
No single letter turns DOWABLE into another word.
How DOWABLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DOWABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does DOWABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legalrare
Able to be endowed, or subject to a widow's right of dower.
Dowable belongs to old property law, where a widow had a claim on part of her late husband's land. Property that was dowable could be set aside for her, while other holdings could not.
How DOWABLE is used
Dowable is a rare legal term, found mostly in historical documents.
- The court listed which lands were dowable.
- A dowable estate could not be sold without her consent.
- Only dowable property was included in the settlement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOWABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DOWABLE
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Common questions about DOWABLE
- Is DOWABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOWABLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOWABLE worth?
- DOWABLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOWABLE mean?
- Able to be endowed, or subject to a widow's right of dower.
- What letters can be added to DOWABLE?
- No single letter can be added to DOWABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DOWABLE:
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