SOWTH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOWTH 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SOWTH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOWTH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOWTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sowthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOWTH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOWTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does SOWTH mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To hum or whistle a tune softly, under one's breath.
Sowth belongs to the same Scots family as sowf and sowff, all describing a tune hummed quietly rather than sung out loud. Robert Burns used the word for the low, private humming a fiddler does while working out a melody before playing it properly. The sound meant is close to a soft whistle, midway between speech and song. Outside Scots writing and glossaries the word is barely met at all.
How SOWTH is used
Scots; found in older written Scots and in glossaries rather than everyday modern speech.
- She would sowth the tune before she dared sing it aloud.
- He sat by the fire and sowthed an old air to himself.
- To sowth a melody is to hum it under your breath.
- The fiddler sowths a few bars before starting properly.
- Grandfather still sowths the same tune every evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOWTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOWTH
3 longer words begin with SOWTH.
Shorter words from the letters in SOWTH
Common questions about SOWTH
- Is SOWTH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SOWTH is not in it.
- How many points is SOWTH worth?
- SOWTH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOWTH mean?
- To hum or whistle a tune softly, under one's breath.
- What letters can be added to SOWTH?
- SOWTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOWTH:
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