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CHOWS

5 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What CHOWS Means

CHOWS is a form of CHOW, which means:

  1. noun: informal terms for a meal
  2. noun: breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHOWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 O1 W4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CHOWS

26 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 (6)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing CHOWS

CHOWS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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