VOW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOW?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOW is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does VOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A solemn promise.
A vow differs from an ordinary undertaking in who it is made to: originally a god, and now often an institution or an idea. That is why marriage and monastic vows keep the word while an everyday agreement does not, and why breaking one sounds far worse than going back on anything else.
How VOW is used
Countable: a vow, two vows. Also a verb.
- They wrote their own vows and read them badly.
- A vow of silence is easier to keep than to explain.
- He vowed never to do it again and did it in March.
- Monastic vows are three and have not changed in centuries.
- A vow is made to somebody and a resolution is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOW
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with VOW.
Words ending in VOW
3 words end in VOW. Useful as a back hook: play VOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOW inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain VOW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOW
Common questions about VOW
- Is VOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOW, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOW worth?
- VOW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOW mean?
- A solemn promise.
- What letters can be added to VOW?
- VOW takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VOW:
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