TOWZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. TOWZE 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 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TOWZE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOWZE is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOWZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOWZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TOWZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does TOWZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To dishevel or rumple; to handle roughly, tossing or pulling something about.
To towze someone's hair is to leave it tangled and untidy by tugging or tossing it around, and the same word can describe wind or rough play towzing clothes or fur just as easily. It is an older spelling of the same root that gave English touse and, eventually, tousle.
How TOWZE is used
Dialect and archaic; largely replaced today by tousle.
- The wind would towze her hair the moment she stepped outside.
- Playful dogs love to towze each other's ears.
- He let the children towze his moustache for a laugh.
- The storm seemed to towze every branch on the old oak.
- She tried to towze some life back into the flattened cushion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOWZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOWZE
2 longer words begin with TOWZE.
Shorter words from the letters in TOWZE
Common questions about TOWZE
- Is TOWZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TOWZE is not in it.
- How many points is TOWZE worth?
- TOWZE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOWZE mean?
- To dishevel or rumple; to handle roughly, tossing or pulling something about.
- What letters can be added to TOWZE?
- TOWZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TOWZE:
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