OWE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OWE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OWE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OWE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OWE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OWE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OWE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does OWE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To be under an obligation to pay or repay.
Owe and own come from the same root, and the connection is possession: what you own you have, and what you owe somebody else has a claim on. The split between the two happened before English was written down at all.
How OWE is used
Transitive: owe somebody money. The past is owed.
- He owes more than the car is worth.
- They owe the whole idea to somebody who was never paid.
- She owed nothing and said so twice.
- The words owe and own share a root.
- To owe money and to own property are the same idea reversed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OWE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OWE
The 3 tiles of OWE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OWE
11 longer words begin with OWE.
Words ending in OWE
9 words end in OWE. Useful as a back hook: play OWE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OWE inside
Showing 24 of 734 words that contain OWE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OWE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OWE
Common questions about OWE
- Is OWE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OWE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OWE worth?
- OWE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OWE mean?
- To be under an obligation to pay or repay.
- What letters can be added to OWE?
- OWE takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OWE:
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