Unscramble SOWBACK and you have 107 words, SOWBACK itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. WACKOS is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. SOWBACK as a single 7-tile play makes 68 in Scrabble, 18 plus the 50 bonus, and 55 in Words With Friends (20 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SOWBACK by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 10 with 5, 43 with 4, 39 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words made with SOWBACK letters: WACKOS, for 15 points.
Among 43 4-letter words from SOWBACK, the top score is 13, reached by 5. BACK, OAKS and COWS are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of SOWBACK, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with SO · ending in CK · all 7-letter words
The meaning of SOWBACK, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SOWBACK is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOWBACK itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 107) | 81 | 107 | 71 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAWKS, COWKS, SWACK, WOCKS, CAWK, COWK, WOCK, AWKS, BOAKS, KAWS, KOWS, SKAW and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SOWBACK, BAWKS, BAWK, ACK, OBAS, OK, SOBA, SOCA, OBA and SOC, 10 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of SOWBACK plus a single extra one.