GOWANY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GOWANY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOWANY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOWANY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOWANY
No single letter turns GOWANY into another word.
How GOWANY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GOWANY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does GOWANY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotspoetic
Covered with daisies; dotted with the small white flowers of a meadow.
Gowany belongs to Scots verse, where a gowan is a daisy and a gowany field or brae is one white with them. The adjective is formed by adding -y to gowan and shows up chiefly in poems and songs about the countryside. Outside Scots-flavoured writing it is almost never met.
How GOWANY is used
Scots and poetic; chiefly found in verse about meadows and hillsides.
- The gowany braes rolled down to the burn.
- A gowany lawn shone in the morning light.
- He lay down on the gowany bank and watched the clouds.
- The poet praised the gowany slopes of her childhood.
- Sheep grazed across the gowany hill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOWANY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GOWANY
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Common questions about GOWANY
- Is GOWANY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOWANY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOWANY worth?
- GOWANY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOWANY mean?
- Covered with daisies; dotted with the small white flowers of a meadow.
- What letters can be added to GOWANY?
- No single letter can be added to GOWANY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GOWANY:
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