EWHOW is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. EWHOW 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EWHOW?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EWHOW is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EWHOW
No single letter turns EWHOW into another word.
How EWHOW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EWHOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does EWHOW mean in Scrabble?
interjection
Scotsdialect
A Scots exclamation expressing pity, regret or sorrow.
Ewhow is called out much as an English speaker might say alas or oh dear, usually when reacting to bad news or a sad sight. It appears mostly in older Scots writing and in recorded speech from Scotland rather than in standard English texts. The sound itself carries the feeling, so it is rarely explained further in the passages where it turns up.
How EWHOW is used
Restricted to Scots dialect speech and to writing that represents it.
- Ewhow, said the old woman, hearing of the accident.
- Ewhow, but the winter has been hard this year.
- She cried ewhow when she saw the broken window.
- The old song opens with a mournful ewhow.
- Ewhow, cried the neighbour, what a pity it is.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EWHOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EWHOW
Common questions about EWHOW
- Is EWHOW valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EWHOW is not in it.
- How many points is EWHOW worth?
- EWHOW is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EWHOW mean?
- A Scots exclamation expressing pity, regret or sorrow.
- What letters can be added to EWHOW?
- No single letter can be added to EWHOW to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EWHOW:
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