Is SCOWS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCOWS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SCOWS worth?

SCOWS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SCOWS?

No single letter can be added to SCOWS to make another word.

SCOWS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points

Yes. SCOWS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.

s1c3o1w4s1

PlayableSCOWS · 5 letters · 10 pts Scrabble · 11 pts WWF

10points in Scrabble

11points in Words with Friends

5letters

0hooks available

1 in 392,122odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SCOWS?

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: 28 / 100

28WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful SCOWS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SCOWS

No single letter turns SCOWS into another word.

How SCOWS scores

Scrabble s1c3o1w4s1 10

Words with Friends s1c4o1w4s1 11

Face value of the 5 tiles in SCOWS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
c	1	2
o	1	8
w	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.

What stands out about SCOWS

SCOWS begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words ending in SCOWS

mudscows16

1 words end in SCOWS. Useful as a back hook: play SCOWS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in SCOWS

cows9 scow9 sows7 coss6 socs6 cow8 sow6 wos6 cos5 soc5 sos3 ow5 wo5 os2 so2

Common questions about SCOWS

Is SCOWS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCOWS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SCOWS worth?: SCOWS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SCOWS?: No single letter can be added to SCOWS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCOWS:

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