SOWBACK is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SOWBACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOWBACK?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOWBACK is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOWBACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sowbacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOWBACK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SOWBACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What does SOWBACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A low, narrow ridge, such as a ridge of sand or a steeply tilted ridge of hard rock.
The name compares the ridge to the arched back of a pig. A sowback is a landform term that is far rarer than hill or ridge, and it sits close in meaning to hogback.
How SOWBACK is used
A specialist sowback term from geology and landscape description.
- The path followed a narrow sowback between the two valleys.
- Wind had shaped the dune into a long sowback.
- Geologists mapped the sowback of resistant rock near the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOWBACK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOWBACK
1 longer words begin with SOWBACK.
Shorter words from the letters in SOWBACK
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Common questions about SOWBACK
- Is SOWBACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOWBACK, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOWBACK worth?
- SOWBACK is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOWBACK mean?
- A low, narrow ridge, such as a ridge of sand or a steeply tilted ridge of hard rock.
- What letters can be added to SOWBACK?
- SOWBACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SOWBACK:
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