ROWTH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ROWTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROWTH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROWTH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROWTH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROWTH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROWTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about ROWTH
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 ROWTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A Scots word for abundance or plenty, especially of food or crops.
Rowth describes a generous, more-than-enough supply, the kind of plenty a good harvest or a well-stocked table brings. Scots writers and poets, including Robert Burns, used it in verse describing rural life, where a rowth of grain or a rowth of milk marked a prosperous season. The word also works as an adjective, meaning abundant or well-supplied, though the noun sense of plenty is the one still remembered today.
How ROWTH is used
Scots dialect, met mainly in older poetry and writing about rural Scottish life.
- The old song praises a rowth of corn after a fine summer.
- There was rowth of milk and cheese on the farm that year.
- Burns wrote of a rowth of blessings on the humble table.
- A rowth of fish filled the nets that autumn.
- Neighbours spoke of the rowth the new fields had brought the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROWTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROWTH
The 5 tiles of ROWTH in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ROWTH
1 longer words begin with ROWTH.
Words ending in ROWTH
15 words end in ROWTH. Useful as a back hook: play ROWTH onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROWTH inside
21 words contain ROWTH in the middle. Words that start with ROWTH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROWTH
Common questions about ROWTH
- Is ROWTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROWTH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROWTH worth?
- ROWTH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROWTH mean?
- A Scots word for abundance or plenty, especially of food or crops.
- What letters can be added to ROWTH?
- ROWTH takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROWTH:
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