OWING is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OWING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OWING?
| 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 OWING is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OWING
Front hooks — 12
bowingBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OWING scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OWING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does OWING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
Money described as owing has not yet been paid, whether it is a small unpaid bill or a large outstanding loan, and the word is typically used right after the amount in question, as in the balance owing. Owing developed from the verb owe, but as an adjective it focuses on the unpaid amount itself rather than on the act of owing something to someone. The related phrase owing to functions differently again, working as a preposition meaning because of, as in owing to the delay, though that use has drifted away from the simple sense of an unpaid debt.
How OWING is used
Owing is common in financial and everyday writing, especially in phrases like the amount still owing.
- The invoice listed two hundred pounds as still owing.
- He finally cleared the balance owing on his credit card.
- Rent owing from last month is due immediately.
- The bank sent a reminder about the sum owing on the loan.
- Owing on the mortgage kept dropping each year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OWING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OWING
The 5 tiles of OWING in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in OWING
Showing 24 of 161 words that end in OWING. Useful as a back hook: play OWING onto a word already on the board.
Words with OWING inside
Showing 24 of 65 words that contain OWING somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OWING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OWING
Common questions about OWING
- Is OWING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OWING, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OWING worth?
- OWING is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OWING mean?
- Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
- What letters can be added to OWING?
- OWING takes 12 hooks: 12 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OWING:
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