MOW is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOW?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOW is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does MOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cut grass or a crop with a blade or a machine.
Mow is among the oldest farming words in English and it kept a strong past participle, mown, alongside the regular one. An unrelated noun meaning a stack of hay inside a barn is a separate word entirely, and it is why a barn has a mow at one end.
How MOW is used
Transitive. The past participle is mown or mowed.
- He mows the verge twice a summer and no more.
- The field was mown before the rain came.
- They mow around the edges and leave the middle.
- The hay is stacked in the mow at the far end.
- A machine will mow in an hour what took a day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOW
23 longer words begin with MOW.
Words ending in MOW
1 words end in MOW. Useful as a back hook: play MOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with MOW inside
9 words contain MOW in the middle. Words that start with MOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MOW
Common questions about MOW
- Is MOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOW worth?
- MOW is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOW mean?
- To cut grass or a crop with a blade or a machine.
- What letters can be added to MOW?
- MOW takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MOW:
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