NOW is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOW?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOW is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about NOW
- The same 3 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 NOW mean in Scrabble?
adverb
At the present time.
Now does more than mark a moment: it opens sentences with no time sense at all — now, where were we. English uses that constantly and no dictionary explains it well, because there the word is doing structure rather than meaning.
How NOW is used
Adverb and conjunction. Also a discourse marker.
- Now is not the time to raise it.
- Now, where were we before the interruption?
- He is here now and was not an hour ago.
- The word now often carries no time sense at all.
- Now that the roof is fixed the rest can wait.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOW
The 3 tiles of NOW in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NOW
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with NOW.
Words ending in NOW
14 words end in NOW. Useful as a back hook: play NOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOW inside
Showing 24 of 261 words that contain NOW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOW
Common questions about NOW
- Is NOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOW, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOW worth?
- NOW is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOW mean?
- At the present time.
- What letters can be added to NOW?
- NOW takes 10 hooks: 5 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NOW:
Open NOW in the Word Finder