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What does lowball mean? Is lowball a Scrabble word?

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Is lowball a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lowball is a Scrabble US word. The word lowball is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

L1O1W4B3A1L1L1

Is lowball a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lowball is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

L1O1W4B3A1L1L1

Is lowball a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lowball is a Words With Friends word. The word lowball is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2O1W4B4A1L2L2

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7-letter words (1 found)

LOWBALL,

6-letter words (1 found)

BALLOW,

5-letter words (2 found)

ABLOW,ALLOW,

4-letter words (13 found)

ALOW,AWOL,BALL,BAWL,BLAW,BLOW,BOLA,BOLL,BOWL,LALL,LOLL,OLLA,WALL,

3-letter words (15 found)

ABO,ALB,ALL,AWL,BAL,BAO,BOA,BOW,LAB,LAW,LOB,LOW,OBA,OWL,WAB,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AL,AW,BA,BO,LA,LO,OB,OW,WO,

You can make 42 words from lowball according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lowball

lowball

Etymology

American railroad term that described one of two positions of the ball of a ball signal. Compare highball.

Adjective

lowball

  1. Significantly below the actual cost or value.

Noun

lowball (plural lowballs)

  1. The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop.
  2. (poker) A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.)
  3. A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser.
  4. An unmixed alcohol drink served on ice or water in a short glass.
  5. Short for lowball glass, a short glass tumbler used for serving lowballs.

Coordinate terms

  • (drink & glass): highball

Derived terms

See also

  • cribbage
  • poker

Verb

lowball (third-person singular simple present lowballs, present participle lowballing, simple past and past participle lowballed)

  1. (transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.
  2. (transitive) To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low.
  3. (transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly.

Antonyms

  • highball

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Source: wiktionary.org