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Is howe a Scrabble word?

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

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Is howe a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is howe a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word howe is a Words With Friends word. The word howe is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

HOWE,

3-letter words (6 found)

HEW,HOE,HOW,OWE,WHO,WOE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EH,EW,HE,HO,OE,OH,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from howe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of howe

howe ohwe hwoe whoe owhe wohe hoew ohew heow ehow oehw eohw hweo wheo hewo ehwo weho ewho oweh woeh oewh eowh weoh ewoh

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word howe. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in howe.

Definitions and meaning of howe

howe

Noun

howe (plural howes)

  1. Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

Anagrams

  • WeHo

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman houe.

Alternative forms

  • houwe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔu̯(ə)/

Noun

howe (plural howes)

  1. mattock, pickaxe.
Descendants
  • English: hoe
  • Yola: howe
References
  • “houe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

howe

  1. Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)

Etymology 3

Noun

howe

  1. Alternative form of houve

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • ho-we

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 好的 (hó--ê, “significant other; boyfriend; girlfriend; sweetheart; soulmate”, literally “the good one”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ho‧we
  • IPA(key): /ˈhoe/, [ˈho.ɛ]

Noun

howe (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒ) (Chinese Filipino)

  1. significant other; romantic partner; boyfriend; girlfriend; lover; sweetheart; soulmate
    Synonyms: kasintahan, karelasyon, siyota, jowa

Further reading

  • Mae Coyiuto (2023) Chloe and the Kaishao Boys‎[1], New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 15
  • Erin Chupeco (2012) Charles Tan, editor, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology‎[2], Maple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, Inc., page 20

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huː/
  • Homophone: how

Noun

howe

  1. hoe

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47

Source: wiktionary.org