YOWIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. YOWIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOWIE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOWIE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOWIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yowiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOWIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YOWIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does YOWIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A large, hairy, ape-like creature said to roam the Australian bush, described in folklore and reported sightings.
The yowie is Australia's counterpart to the North American bigfoot and the Himalayan yeti, a hairy, upright creature that bushwalkers and rural residents have reported seeing for generations. Stories of the yowie draw on older Aboriginal oral tradition as well as more recent settler accounts, and the creature remains a fixture of Australian folklore and popular cryptozoology rather than a recognised animal species. Books, documentaries and amateur research groups devoted to tracking reported sightings keep the word in wide circulation.
How YOWIE is used
Used in Australian folklore and popular writing about unexplained creature sightings in the bush.
- The old timer swore he had seen a yowie near the river.
- Local legend describes the yowie as taller than a man.
- The documentary interviewed several people who claimed a yowie encounter.
- Tourists asked the guide whether a yowie really lived in these hills.
- The town museum has a small display about the yowie legend.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOWIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YOWIE
1 longer words begin with YOWIE.
Shorter words from the letters in YOWIE
Common questions about YOWIE
- Is YOWIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOWIE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOWIE worth?
- YOWIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOWIE mean?
- A large, hairy, ape-like creature said to roam the Australian bush, described in folklore and reported sightings.
- What letters can be added to YOWIE?
- YOWIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YOWIE:
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