HOWL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HOWL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOWL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOWL is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOWL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOWL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 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 does HOWL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a long doleful cry.
Howl is imitative and has been in English since the fourteenth century. The sense about feedback in a sound system is twentieth-century and describes very nearly the same noise.
How HOWL is used
Howled, howling. Also a noun.
- The dog howled at a siren four streets away.
- The word howl imitates the sound it names.
- A howl from the speakers cleared the front row.
- Howling at the moon is a phrase and not a behaviour.
- Two dogs howled and the whole estate joined in.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOWL
13 longer words begin with HOWL.
Words ending in HOWL
3 words end in HOWL. Useful as a back hook: play HOWL onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOWL inside
8 words contain HOWL in the middle. Words that start with HOWL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOWL
Common questions about HOWL
- Is HOWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOWL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOWL worth?
- HOWL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOWL mean?
- To make a long doleful cry.
- What letters can be added to HOWL?
- HOWL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOWL:
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