YOWE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YOWE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOWE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOWE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOWE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOWE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YOWE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does YOWE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A ewe, in Scots usage.
Yowe is the Scots form and shows a sound change that ran through the whole language: English lost a vowel that Scots kept. The same shift separates stone from stane.
How YOWE is used
Countable: a yowe, two yowes. Scots.
- A yowe with twins needs feeding through the winter.
- The word yowe is the Scots form of ewe.
- Stone and stane split the same way as yowe.
- Two yowes on a hill and one very determined dog.
- Scots kept a vowel in yowe that English lost.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOWE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YOWE
The 4 tiles of YOWE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YOWE
2 longer words begin with YOWE.
Words with YOWE inside
2 words contain YOWE in the middle. Words that start with YOWE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YOWE
Common questions about YOWE
- Is YOWE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOWE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOWE worth?
- YOWE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOWE mean?
- A ewe, in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to YOWE?
- YOWE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YOWE:
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