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DROWSES

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DROWSES Means

DROWSES is a form of DROWSE, which means:

  1. verb: sleep lightly or for a short period of time
  2. verb: be on the verge of sleeping“The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class”
  3. noun: a light fitful sleep

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DROWSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 R1 O1 W4 S1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of DROWSES (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.