What ALLOW Means
- verb: make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen“This permits the water to rush in”
- verb: consent to, give permission; permit“She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ALLOW is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 L1 O1 W4.
Words Made From The Letters In ALLOW
15 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (4)
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing ALLOW
ALLOW appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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