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KNOWS

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What KNOWS Means

KNOWS is a form of KNOW, which means:

  1. verb: be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about“I know that the President lied to the people”
  2. verb: know how to do or perform something“She knows how to knit”
  3. noun: the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people“he is always in the know”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

KNOWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 N1 O1 W4 S1.

Anagrams of KNOWS (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In KNOWS

29 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 (10)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing KNOWS

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

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