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Is jowl a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jowl is a Scrabble US word. The word jowl is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

J8O1W4L1

Is jowl a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jowl is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

J8O1W4L1

Is jowl a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word jowl is a Words With Friends word. The word jowl is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

JOWL,

3-letter words (4 found)

JOL,JOW,LOW,OWL,

2-letter words (4 found)

JO,LO,OW,WO,

You can make 9 words from jowl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of jowl

jowl ojwl jwol wjol owjl wojl jolw ojlw jlow ljow oljw lojw jwlo wjlo jlwo ljwo wljo lwjo owlj wolj olwj lowj wloj lwoj

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Definitions and meaning of jowl

jowl

Alternative forms

  • jole, joll (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jōl, joul, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəʊl/, /d͡ʒaʊl/
  • Homophones: Joel (one pronunciation), joule (one pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -əʊl, -aʊl

Etymology 1

From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of.

Noun

jowl (plural jowls)

  1. The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
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Verb

jowl (third-person singular simple present jowls, present participle jowling, simple past and past participle jowled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw, dash, or knock.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cholle (“wattle, jowl”), from Old English ċeole (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ (“gullet”) (compare Scots choll, West Frisian kiel, Dutch keel, German Kehle), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelu- (“to swallow”) (compare Old Irish in·gilid (“to graze”), Irish goile (“stomach”), Latin gula (“throat”), gluttiō (“to swallow”), Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Ancient Greek δέλεαρ (délear, “lure”), Armenian կլանել (klanel, “I swallow”), Persian گلو (galu), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”)).

Alternative forms

  • chowl

Noun

jowl (plural jowls)

  1. A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).
  2. The cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog.
  3. A cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts
Derived terms
  • jowly
  • cheek and jowl
  • cheek by jowl
  • tooth-to-jowl
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Source: wiktionary.org