OWT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OWT 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 OWT?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OWT is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OWT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OWT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OWT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about OWT
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 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 OWT mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
dialectBritish
Anything — in northern English speech.
Owt and nowt are a pair, and both come from the older aught and naught: the vowel shifted in the north and stayed shifted. The saying about there being nowt so queer as folk is the one people outside the region have usually heard.
How OWT is used
Chiefly northern English. The negative partner is nowt.
- Is there owt left in the pot?
- He never says owt about it and never will.
- Owt and nowt come from aught and naught.
- She would not take owt for the trouble.
- If there is owt wrong, they will find it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OWT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OWT
The 3 tiles of OWT in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with OWT
1 longer words begin with OWT.
Words ending in OWT
7 words end in OWT. Useful as a back hook: play OWT onto a word already on the board.
Words with OWT inside
Showing 24 of 110 words that contain OWT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OWT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OWT
Common questions about OWT
- Is OWT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OWT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OWT worth?
- OWT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OWT mean?
- Anything — in northern English speech.
- What letters can be added to OWT?
- OWT takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OWT:
Open OWT in the Word Finder