SHOWD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. SHOWD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SHOWD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOWD is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOWD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
showdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOWD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHOWD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,046.
What does SHOWD mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To sway or rock gently to and fro, a sense that lives on chiefly in Scots dialect.
Showd describes the slow back-and-forth motion of something swinging or rocking, such as a cradle, a small boat, or a person on a swing. Scottish writers also use the same word as a noun for the rocking motion itself, so a showd can name both the action and the movement it produces. The word stays within Scots dialect and older Scottish poetry rather than standard English usage, and it has no single exact match in mainstream English.
How SHOWD is used
Scots dialect; describes gentle rocking or swaying, mainly in Scottish writing and speech.
- The old cradle would showd gently whenever the baby stirred.
- Bairns love to showd on the rope swing by the burn.
- The boat began to showd as the tide came in.
- She gave the hammock a slow showd before sitting down.
- The poem describes branches that showd in the evening wind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOWD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHOWD
The 5 tiles of SHOWD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHOWD
5 longer words begin with SHOWD.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOWD
Common questions about SHOWD
- Is SHOWD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SHOWD is not in it.
- How many points is SHOWD worth?
- SHOWD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOWD mean?
- To sway or rock gently to and fro, a sense that lives on chiefly in Scots dialect.
- What letters can be added to SHOWD?
- SHOWD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHOWD:
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