The word hows 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.)

  • hows n. Plural of how.
  • Hows prop.n. Plural of How.
  • how's cont. Contraction of how is.

5 valid words from 3 definitions

CONTRACTION HOW IS OF PLURAL

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

HO HOW OW

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

OH WO

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

SHOW

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

BOWS COWS DOWS HAWS HEWS HOAS HOBS HODS HOES HOGS HOHS HOIS HOLS HOMS HONS HOPS HORS HOSS HOTS HOWE HOWF HOWK HOWL HOYS JOWS KOWS LOWS MOWS NOWS POWS ROWS SOWS TOWS VOWS WOWS YOWS

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

HOS HOW

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

HOWES HOWFS HOWKS HOWLS

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

HOWSO HOWSOEVER HOWSOMEVER HOWSOMDEVER

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

CHOWSE CHOWSED CHOWSES CHOWSING SHOWSTOPPER SHOWSTOPPERS SHOWSTOPPING

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

CHOWS DHOWS SHOWS WHOWS CAHOWS FORHOWS RESHOWS AIRSHOWS DOGSHOWS KNOWHOWS PRESHOWS SALCHOWS AQUASHOWS CHOWCHOWS DUMBSHOWS FORESHOWS GAMESHOWS PEEPSHOWS ROADSHOWS SIDESHOWS AFTERSHOWS FLOORSHOWS SLIDESHOWS SUPERSHOWS

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

+C CHOWS
+D DHOWS SHOWD
+E HOWES WHOSE
+F HOWFS
+I WHIOS
+K HOWKS
+L HOWLS
+N SHOWN
+O HOWSO WHOSO WOOSH
+P WHOPS
+R SHROW
+S SHOWS
+T SOWTH
+W WHOWS
+Y SHOWY

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

-H SOW WOS
-S HOW WHO
-W HOS OHS SHO SOH

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 199 chance (0.50%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 875 chance (0.11%).

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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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