SHOW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOW?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOW is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What stands out about SHOW
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 SHOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something visible to others.
Show meant to look at before it meant to display, and the reversal happened before 1300. The past participle keeps an ending that the ordinary past has lost entirely.
How SHOW is used
Showed, shown. The participle keeps an older ending.
- They show the same film every Christmas.
- The word show once meant to look rather than display.
- The reversal in show happened before 1300.
- A show of hands settles nothing formally.
- Two shows a night and neither of them full.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHOW
The 4 tiles of SHOW in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SHOW
Showing 24 of 103 words that begin with SHOW.
Words ending in SHOW
16 words end in SHOW. Useful as a back hook: play SHOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHOW inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain SHOW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SHOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOW
Common questions about SHOW
- Is SHOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOW worth?
- SHOW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOW mean?
- To make something visible to others.
- What letters can be added to SHOW?
- SHOW takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHOW:
Open SHOW in the Word Finder