SOWFF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOWFF 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SOWFF?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOWFF is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOWFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sowffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOWFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOWFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does SOWFF mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To hum or whistle a tune softly, especially while trying to recall it.
The Scots verb sowff describes the quiet, half-formed humming a person does when a tune is only partly remembered, rather than a full confident performance of it. To sowff a tune is to sit somewhere between whistling and singing under one's breath, searching for a melody one cannot quite place. Sowff can also be spelled sowf or sowth, all naming the same soft, searching kind of humming.
How SOWFF is used
A Scots dialect verb, used for quiet, searching humming rather than open singing.
- He would sowff the old song while mending the fence.
- She sat by the fire and sowffed a tune she half remembered.
- The old man liked to sowff a reel under his breath.
- You could hear him sowff softly as he walked home.
- They sowffed the melody together, trying to recall the words.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOWFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOWFF
3 longer words begin with SOWFF.
Shorter words from the letters in SOWFF
Common questions about SOWFF
- Is SOWFF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SOWFF is not in it.
- How many points is SOWFF worth?
- SOWFF is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOWFF mean?
- To hum or whistle a tune softly, especially while trying to recall it.
- What letters can be added to SOWFF?
- SOWFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOWFF:
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