Unscramble bows

Unscramble BOWS and you have 14 words, BOWS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. BOWS has 1 anagram here, SWOB, scoring 9 like BOWS itself. Of the shorter words, BOW leads with 8 points. It has 4 letters, 1 vowel and 3 consonants.

Looking for sbwo, bwos, sowb, bwso, obws, wobs, osbw, swbo, bsow or sbow? They use the same letters as BOWS, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From bows

Counting the words from BOWS by length: 2 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 6 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with bows

The 4-letter words in BOWS are 2: BOWS itself and 1 anagram, SWOB. Each scores 9 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with bows

The best of the 3-letter words made with BOWS letters is BOW, 8 points; SOW and WOS on 6 follow. SOB is an everyday pick.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with bows

OW and WO share the top score of 5 among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble BOWS. SO is the one most people know.

Change One Tile in BOWS

Keep every letter of BOWS but one, change that one, and you get:

More 4-letter words: starting with BO · ending in WS · all 4-letter words

Definitions for the Top BOWS Plays

What BOWS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

BOWS 9 · 10
to bend forward
SWOB 9 · 10
to swab
BOW 8 · 9
to bend forward
SOW 6 · 6
to scatter over land for growth, as seed
WOS 6 · 6
tremendous grief
BOS 5 · 6
a pal
OW 5 · 5
used to express sudden pain
SOB 5 · 6
to cry with a convulsive catching of the breath

Is BOWS Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

BOWS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
BOWS itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 14)121412

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

2 of the 14 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OBS and OB.

Longer Words Built on BOWS

Each word below uses all the letters of BOWS and one more.

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