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SCOWS

5 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SCOWS Means

SCOWS is a form of SCOW, which means:

  1. noun: any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
  2. noun: a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCOWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 O1 W4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SCOWS

15 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 (5)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing SCOWS

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

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