YOWL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. YOWL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YOWL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YOWL is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YOWL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yowlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YOWL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YOWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does YOWL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a loud wailing cry.
Yowl is imitative and is used about cats and dogs rather than about people, where howl covers the same idea. The two words divide by animal and not by volume at all.
How YOWL is used
Yowled, yowling. Also a noun.
- The cat yowled at the door for an hour.
- The word yowl is used about animals and howl about people.
- A yowl at three in the morning wakes a street.
- Yowling and howling divide by animal.
- Two cats yowling is a territorial dispute.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YOWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YOWL
The 4 tiles of YOWL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YOWL
8 longer words begin with YOWL.
Shorter words from the letters in YOWL
Common questions about YOWL
- Is YOWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YOWL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YOWL worth?
- YOWL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YOWL mean?
- To make a loud wailing cry.
- What letters can be added to YOWL?
- YOWL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YOWL:
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