TOWHEE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TOWHEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOWHEE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOWHEE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOWHEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
towheesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOWHEE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TOWHEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does TOWHEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A North American songbird of the bunting family, a ground-feeding bird of brush and woodland, often with rufous sides.
The towhee spends much of its time on the ground, scratching through leaf litter with both feet at once to uncover seeds and insects. Its name imitates one of its calls, a rising "to-whee". Several species live across North America, and the male is often strikingly marked in black, white and rust.
How TOWHEE is used
Used by birdwatchers and in field guides; in everyday talk people often just say bird.
- A towhee scratched noisily in the dry leaves beneath the hedge.
- We heard the towhee long before we saw it in the thicket.
- The field guide shows the male towhee with a dark hood and rusty flanks.
- Every spring a towhee nests low in the shrubs behind our fence.
- She logged her first towhee of the year on the morning walk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOWHEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOWHEE
1 longer words begin with TOWHEE.
Shorter words from the letters in TOWHEE
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Common questions about TOWHEE
- Is TOWHEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOWHEE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOWHEE worth?
- TOWHEE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOWHEE mean?
- A North American songbird of the bunting family, a ground-feeding bird of brush and woodland, often with rufous sides.
- What letters can be added to TOWHEE?
- TOWHEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TOWHEE:
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