HOWE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HOWE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOWE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOWE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOWE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
howesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOWE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOWE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does HOWE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A hollow or a low-lying valley, in Scots.
Howe is Scots for a hollow and appears in place names across the east of the country. A separate howe is a burial mound, from Old Norse, and the two are occasionally confused on maps.
How HOWE is used
Countable: a howe, two howes. Scots.
- A howe holds frost long after the ridge has cleared.
- The word howe means a hollow in Scots.
- A separate howe is a burial mound from Old Norse.
- Place names in the east are full of howe.
- Two howes on the same map and two different words.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOWE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOWE
2 longer words begin with HOWE.
Words with HOWE inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain HOWE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOWE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOWE
Common questions about HOWE
- Is HOWE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOWE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOWE worth?
- HOWE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOWE mean?
- A hollow or a low-lying valley, in Scots.
- What letters can be added to HOWE?
- HOWE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOWE:
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