MARROW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MARROW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARROW?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARROW is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARROW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MARROW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MARROW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275,938.
What does MARROW mean in Scrabble?
noun
The soft fatty tissue inside bones, where blood cells are made.
Marrow fills the hollow centre of long bones, and doctors can transplant it to treat certain blood diseases. The word also names a large green gourd, a kind of squash eaten as a vegetable in Britain. Figuratively, the marrow of a thing is its innermost and most vital part, as in the phrase "chilled to the marrow".
How MARROW is used
Anatomical, culinary and figurative; in British English also a vegetable.
- The soup was made from beef bones rich in marrow.
- A transplant of healthy marrow gave the patient a new chance.
- The cold wind chilled him to the marrow.
- She stuffed a large marrow with minced meat and rice.
- The essay gets to the marrow of the argument at last.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARROW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MARROW
16 longer words begin with MARROW.
Shorter words from the letters in MARROW
Common questions about MARROW
- Is MARROW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARROW, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARROW worth?
- MARROW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARROW mean?
- The soft fatty tissue inside bones, where blood cells are made.
- What letters can be added to MARROW?
- MARROW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MARROW:
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