What NOWS Means
NOWS is a form of NOW, which 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
NOWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 W4 S1.
Anagrams of NOWS (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In NOWS
14 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.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing NOWS
NOWS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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