The word bow is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • bow n. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string…
  • bow n. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
  • bow n. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various…

40 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ARE ARTIFICIAL AS BEND BETWEEN BY CONNECTED CURVED ENDS FLEXIBLE FOR FORMATION HORSEHAIR IN LINEAR MADE MATERIAL OF OR OTHER OXBOW PIECE PLANAR PLAYING RIVER ROD SEE STRETCHED STRING SUBSTITUTE SUCH SURFACE THE USED VARIOUS WEAPON WHOSE WITH WOOD

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

BO OW

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

OB WO

30 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BOA BOB BOD BOG BOH BOI BOK BON BOO BOP BOR BOS BOT BOX BOY COW DOW HOW JOW KOW LOW MOW NOW POW ROW SOW TOW VOW WOW YOW

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

BO OW

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

BLOW BROW

127 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

BOWL BOWR BOWS BOWAT BOWED BOWEL BOWER BOWES BOWET BOWIE BOWLS BOWNE BOWRS BOWSE BOWATS BOWELS BOWERS BOWERY BOWETS BOWFIN BOWGET BOWING BOWLED BOWLEG BOWLER BOWMAN BOWMEN BOWNED BOWNES BOWPOT BOWSAW BOWSED BOWSER BOWSES BOWSEY BOWSIE BOWWOW BOWYER BOWBENT BOWELED BOWERED BOWFINS BOWGETS BOWHEAD BOWHUNT BOWINGS BOWKNOT BOWLDER BOWLEGS BOWLERS + 77 words

86 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

ELBOWS EMBOWS OXBOWS SYBOWS UPBOWS ELBOWED EMBOWED EMBOWEL EMBOWER FOGBOWS IMBOWER SUNBOWS TEABOWL UNBOWED BOBOWLER DISBOWEL DOWNBOWS ELBOWING EMBOWELS EMBOWERS EMBOWING FISHBOWL IMBOWERS LONGBOWS MISTBOWS MOONBOWS RAINBOWS RAINBOWY ROSEBOWL TEABOWLS UNBOWING WASHBOWL WINGBOWS BOBOWLERS CROSSBOWS DISBOWELS ELBOWINGS ELBOWROOM EMBOWELED EMBOWERED EMBOWMENT FISHBOWLS IMBOWERED PUNCHBOWL RAINBOWED ROSEBOWLS STEELBOWS WASHBOWLS CROSSBOWER DISBOWELED + 36 words

16 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ELBOW EMBOW OXBOW SYBOW UPBOW FOGBOW SUNBOW DOWNBOW LONGBOW MISTBOW MOONBOW RAINBOW WINGBOW CROSSBOW STEELBOW SADDLEBOW

7 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+L BLOW BOWL
+M WOMB
+R BOWR BROW
+S BOWS SWOB

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-B OW WO
-W BO OB

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 39.8 chance (2.51%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 144 chance (0.69%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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