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Is cowan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cowan is a Scrabble US word. The word cowan is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is cowan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cowan is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3O1W4A1N1

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5-letter words (1 found)

COWAN,

4-letter words (1 found)

ANOW,

3-letter words (11 found)

AWN,CAN,CAW,CON,COW,NAW,NOW,OCA,OWN,WAN,WON,

2-letter words (7 found)

AN,AW,NA,NO,ON,OW,WO,

You can make 20 words from cowan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cowan

cowan ocwan cwoan wcoan owcan wocan coawn ocawn caown acown oacwn aocwn cwaon wcaon cawon acwon wacon awcon owacn woacn oawcn aowcn waocn awocn cowna ocwna cwona wcona owcna wocna conwa ocnwa cnowa ncowa oncwa nocwa cwnoa wcnoa cnwoa ncwoa wncoa nwcoa ownca wonca onwca nowca wnoca nwoca coanw ocanw caonw aconw oacnw aocnw conaw ocnaw cnoaw ncoaw oncaw nocaw canow acnow cnaow ncaow ancow nacow oancw aoncw onacw noacw anocw naocw cwano wcano cawno acwno wacno awcno cwnao wcnao cnwao ncwao wncao nwcao canwo acnwo cnawo ncawo ancwo nacwo wanco awnco wnaco nwaco anwco nawco owanc woanc oawnc aownc waonc awonc ownac wonac onwac nowac wnoac nwoac oanwc aonwc onawc noawc anowc naowc wanoc awnoc wnaoc nwaoc anwoc nawoc

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Definitions and meaning of cowan

cowan

Etymology 1

First attested in 1598. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

  • kowan [17th century], cowen [18th century]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, UK) enPR: kōʹən, IPA(key): /ˈkəʊən/
  • Hyphenation: co‧wan

Noun

cowan (plural cowans or (obsolete) cowanis)

  1. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
  2. (Freemasonry) A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
  3. (slang) A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.
  4. (in attributive use) Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.

References

Etymology 2

First attested in 1722; perhaps from the Scottish Gaelic cobhan (“coffer”, “box”, “ark”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʊən/

Noun

cowan (plural cowans)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete, rare) A fishing-boat.

References

  • “† Cowan ¹” listed on page 1,111 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [first edition, 1893]
      † Cowan ¹. Sc. Obs. rare — ¹. [? a. Gaelic cobhan coffer, box, ark.] A fishing-boat. [¶] 1722 Wodrow Hist. Church Sc. II. 535 The Earl..resolved to man out..thirty large cowans or fisher-boats.
  • “†cowan¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [second edition, 1989]

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton kaouenn.

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈkɔwan]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈkɔwɐn]

Noun

cowan f (plural cowannes)

  1. owl

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