WOW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOW?
| 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 WOW 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 WOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,213.
What stands out about WOW
- WOW is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WOW mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An expression of surprise or admiration.
Wow came into English from Scots in the sixteenth century and stayed unremarkable until American speech made it universal. It also names something quite different in sound recording: a slow wavering of pitch, paired with flutter for the fast kind.
How WOW is used
Stands alone. Also a verb — to wow an audience.
- Wow, that was not what I expected at all.
- The act wowed the room and emptied the bar.
- Wow and flutter are faults of a turntable, not of a listener.
- She said wow and meant the opposite.
- The word wow is Scots and four centuries old.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOW
9 longer words begin with WOW.
Words ending in WOW
2 words end in WOW. Useful as a back hook: play WOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with WOW inside
10 words contain WOW in the middle. Words that start with WOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOW
Common questions about WOW
- Is WOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOW worth?
- WOW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOW mean?
- An expression of surprise or admiration.
- What letters can be added to WOW?
- WOW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WOW:
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