What NOW Means
- adverb: in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events“President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard”
- adverb: in these times“it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished”
- noun: the momentary present“Now is a good time to do it”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NOW is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 W4.
Anagrams of NOW (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In NOW
4 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.
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing NOW
NOW appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.