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GOWNS

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What GOWNS Means

GOWNS is a form of GOWN, which means:

  1. noun: a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
  2. noun: the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located“the relations between town and gown are always sensitive”
  3. verb: dress in a gown

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GOWNS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 O1 W4 N1 S1.

Anagrams of GOWNS (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In GOWNS

32 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 (12)

3 letter words (13)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing GOWNS

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

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