HOWBE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOWBE 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HOWBE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOWBE is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOWBE
No single letter turns HOWBE into another word.
How HOWBE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOWBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does HOWBE mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
archaicliterary
Nevertheless; be that as it may.
Howbe is a shortened form of howbeit, itself built from how be it, and both mean roughly nevertheless or however that may be. Edmund Spenser used the word in his poetry, and it survives today only in quotations from older English or in writing that deliberately imitates that period. A modern writer reaching for the same sense would simply say however or nevertheless.
How HOWBE is used
Archaic and literary; found in older poetry and in writing imitating that style, notably Spenser.
- Howbe, the knight rode on without complaint.
- Howbe he doubted the tale, he listened to the end.
- The old verse reads, howbe the storm had passed by morning.
- Howbe she agreed, her face showed little joy.
- He wrote howbe where a modern writer would put however.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOWBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOWBE
1 longer words begin with HOWBE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOWBE
Common questions about HOWBE
- Is HOWBE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HOWBE is not in it.
- How many points is HOWBE worth?
- HOWBE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOWBE mean?
- Nevertheless; be that as it may.
- What letters can be added to HOWBE?
- No single letter can be added to HOWBE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOWBE:
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