ZOWIE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ZOWIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOWIE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOWIE is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOWIE
No single letter turns ZOWIE into another word.
How ZOWIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZOWIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ZOWIE mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An interjection used to express sudden surprise, delight, or astonishment.
Zowie works like an excited shout, close in feeling to wow or whoa, and is dropped into speech right at the moment something surprising or exciting happens. It has an alternate spelling, zowee, which is used the same way.
How ZOWIE is used
Informal; common in comics and casual speech, rarely in formal writing.
- Zowie, she said, staring at the burst of fireworks.
- Zowie, I cannot believe you finished the race already.
- The comic book hero shouted zowie after every daring rescue.
- A quiet zowie escaped his lips before he could stop it.
- The crowd let out a loud zowie when the trick succeeded.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOWIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOWIE
Common questions about ZOWIE
- Is ZOWIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOWIE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOWIE worth?
- ZOWIE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOWIE mean?
- An interjection used to express sudden surprise, delight, or astonishment.
- What letters can be added to ZOWIE?
- No single letter can be added to ZOWIE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZOWIE:
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