HOWSO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOWSO 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HOWSO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOWSO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOWSO
No single letter turns HOWSO into another word.
How HOWSO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOWSO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,053.
What stands out about HOWSO
- The same 5 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 HOWSO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
An old shortened form of howsoever, meaning in whatever way or to whatever extent.
Howso appears in older verse and prose as a compact stand-in for howsoever, letting a writer fit the same idea into a shorter line. It usually introduces a clause admitting that something is true regardless of manner, close in force to modern however that may be. The word dropped out of ordinary use once howsoever itself became rare.
How HOWSO is used
Archaic; found today only when quoting or imitating older English verse.
- Howso the game goes, he vowed to keep playing fair.
- The old ballad reads howso it fall, my word stands firm.
- She kept the letter howso faded its ink had become.
- Howso they judge me, my conscience is clear, the verse declares.
- A modern reader meets howso only in reprints of such old lines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOWSO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOWSO
The 5 tiles of HOWSO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HOWSO
3 longer words begin with HOWSO.
Shorter words from the letters in HOWSO
Common questions about HOWSO
- Is HOWSO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HOWSO is not in it.
- How many points is HOWSO worth?
- HOWSO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOWSO mean?
- An old shortened form of howsoever, meaning in whatever way or to whatever extent.
- What letters can be added to HOWSO?
- No single letter can be added to HOWSO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOWSO:
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