JOWLY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. JOWLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOWLY?
| 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 JOWLY is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOWLY
No single letter turns JOWLY into another word.
How JOWLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JOWLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.
What does JOWLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having heavy, sagging jowls, especially a loose or drooping lower jaw and cheeks.
A jowly face carries visible extra flesh along the jawline and under the chin, a look that can develop with age or weight gain, or that appears as a natural feature of certain dog breeds bred for loose skin. Bloodhounds and bulldogs are often described as jowly, and the word applies just as easily to an ageing human face.
How JOWLY is used
Mildly informal, mostly descriptive of faces, and used without unkind intent.
- The old bloodhound had a jowly, wrinkled face.
- Years of good living had left him jowly and slow moving.
- The cartoon exaggerated the senator's jowly cheeks.
- A jowly bulldog snored on the porch in the heat.
- Her grandfather's jowly smile made the children laugh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOWLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JOWLY
Common questions about JOWLY
- Is JOWLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOWLY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOWLY worth?
- JOWLY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOWLY mean?
- Having heavy, sagging jowls, especially a loose or drooping lower jaw and cheeks.
- What letters can be added to JOWLY?
- No single letter can be added to JOWLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JOWLY:
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