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HOWLS

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What HOWLS Means

HOWLS is a form of HOWL, which means:

  1. verb: emit long loud cries“wail in self-pity”
  2. verb: cry loudly, as of animals“The coyotes were howling in the desert”
  3. noun: a long loud emotional utterance“he gave a howl of pain”
  4. noun: the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOWLS 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 H4 O1 W4 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In HOWLS

28 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 (9)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing HOWLS

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

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