ROW is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ROW 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 ROW?
| 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 ROW is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ROW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does ROW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A line of things or people side by side.
Three unrelated words are spelled row: the line, the act of using oars, and a noisy quarrel. The third rhymes with cow and the other two with go, which is the only thing keeping them apart when anybody speaks.
How ROW is used
Countable: a row, two rows. Also two unrelated verbs.
- The row of houses was built in one year.
- They had a row about the bill and left separately.
- He rows every morning before the water gets busy.
- Three words spelled row and two pronunciations between them.
- A row of trees marks where the boundary used to run.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROW
Showing 24 of 57 words that begin with ROW.
Words ending in ROW
Showing 24 of 72 words that end in ROW. Useful as a back hook: play ROW onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROW inside
Showing 24 of 660 words that contain ROW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROW
Common questions about ROW
- Is ROW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROW, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROW worth?
- ROW is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROW mean?
- A line of things or people side by side.
- What letters can be added to ROW?
- ROW takes 11 hooks: 9 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ROW:
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