Unscramble GOWLS and you have 25 words, GOWLS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of GOWLS is on the page: GLOWS, each 9 points. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GOWLS split into 2 with 5 letters, 8 with 4, 9 with 3 and 6 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of GOWLS, with one letter different:
More 5-letter words: starting with GO · ending in LS · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GLOWS (9 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GOWLS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOWLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 25) | 20 | 25 | 19 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: GOWLS, GOWL, SOWL, SOG and LOS. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: GOS.
These 2 words take every letter of GOWLS plus a single extra one.