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Is meow a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word meow is a Scrabble US word. The word meow is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

M3E1O1W4

Is meow a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word meow is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

M3E1O1W4

Is meow a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word meow is a Words With Friends word. The word meow is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4E1O1W4

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4-letter words (1 found)

MEOW,

3-letter words (7 found)

EMO,MEW,MOE,MOW,OWE,WEM,WOE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EM,EW,ME,MO,OE,OM,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from meow according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of meow

meow

English

Alternative forms

  • miaow, miaou (UK)
  • meaw, meeow (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin.

Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to meow”), West Frisian miaukje (“to meow”), Dutch miauwen (“to meow”), Middle Low German mauwen, mawen, mouwen (“to meow”) (whence modern German Low German mauen, miauen (“to meow”)), Middle High German mouen, modern German miauen (“to meow”). Some spellings were modelled on French miaou.

Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century, mostly replacing mew, possibly because phonetic change meant that word had ceased to approximate a cat's cry (contrast the pronunciation of Middle English mewen /ˈmɛu̯ən/ compared to modern /ˈmjuː/).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /miˈaʊ̯/, /mjaʊ̯/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Interjection

meow

  1. Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
    Synonyms: mew, miaow, (anime and manga fandom) nya, nyaa, nyan, nyao
  2. (colloquial) Used in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
  3. (colloquial) Used to express seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Translations

Noun

meow (countable and uncountable, plural meows)

  1. (countable) The cry of a cat.
  2. (UK, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.
    Synonyms: drone, meow meow

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Verb

meow (third-person singular simple present meows, present participle meowing, simple past and past participle meowed)

  1. (intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.

Synonyms

  • mew
  • miaow

Related terms

Translations

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me͜oːw/

Verb

mēow

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of māwan

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