FOWL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FOWL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOWL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOWL is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOWL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fowlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOWL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FOWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 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 stands out about FOWL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FOWL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bird kept for its eggs or its meat.
Fowl once meant any bird at all, and narrowing it to poultry left English needing a new general word. Bird had meant a young bird only, and it moved up to fill the gap.
How FOWL is used
Countable; the plural is fowl or fowls.
- A fowl for the pot and a hen for the eggs.
- The word fowl once meant any bird.
- Bird moved up to fill the gap that fowl left.
- Two fowl in the yard and a fox in the lane.
- The word fowl keeps its older and wider sense inside wildfowl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FOWL
The 4 tiles of FOWL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FOWL
8 longer words begin with FOWL.
Words ending in FOWL
10 words end in FOWL. Useful as a back hook: play FOWL onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOWL inside
23 words contain FOWL in the middle. Words that start with FOWL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOWL
Common questions about FOWL
- Is FOWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOWL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOWL worth?
- FOWL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOWL mean?
- A bird kept for its eggs or its meat.
- What letters can be added to FOWL?
- FOWL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FOWL:
Open FOWL in the Word Finder