SMOWT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. SMOWT 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SMOWT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMOWT is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMOWT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
smowtsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMOWT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SMOWT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does SMOWT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A small child or diminutive young person, in Scots usage.
Smowt turns up in older Scots speech as a term aimed at someone diminutive for their age, most often a youngster teased for their height. The spelling varies between smowt and the more common smout, both traced to the same regional root and carrying the identical sense. Despite looking close to the fisheries term smolt, a young salmon migrating out to sea, the two words are unrelated in origin: one names a person, the other a fish. The word now survives mainly in dialect glossaries rather than in everyday conversation.
How SMOWT is used
Scots dialect; the more usual spelling of the same word is smout, and it should not be confused with the salmon term smolt.
- The old woman called her youngest grandson a wee smowt.
- He was the smowt of the family, half the size of his brothers.
- Villagers used smowt for any child small for their age.
- The dictionary lists smowt as a Scots variant of smout.
- Nobody under six feels flattered to be called a smowt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMOWT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SMOWT
1 longer words begin with SMOWT.
Shorter words from the letters in SMOWT
Common questions about SMOWT
- Is SMOWT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SMOWT is not in it.
- How many points is SMOWT worth?
- SMOWT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMOWT mean?
- A small child or diminutive young person, in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to SMOWT?
- SMOWT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SMOWT:
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