OWL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OWL 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 OWL?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OWL is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OWL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OWL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does OWL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bird of prey that hunts at night.
An owl hears its prey rather than seeing it: the ears are set at different heights on the skull, which lets the bird place a sound in two dimensions at once. The silent flight comes from a comb of fine feathers along the leading edge of the wing.
How OWL is used
Countable: an owl, two owls.
- The owl hunts by ear and not by eye.
- An owl flies silently because of the edge of its feathers.
- Two owls called across the valley all night.
- The ears of an owl are set at different heights.
- A barn owl will take a mouse under snow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OWL
The 3 tiles of OWL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OWL
17 longer words begin with OWL.
Words ending in OWL
Showing 24 of 35 words that end in OWL. Useful as a back hook: play OWL onto a word already on the board.
Words with OWL inside
Showing 24 of 269 words that contain OWL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OWL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OWL
Common questions about OWL
- Is OWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OWL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OWL worth?
- OWL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OWL mean?
- A bird of prey that hunts at night.
- What letters can be added to OWL?
- OWL takes 12 hooks: 10 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OWL:
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