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Is nowt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nowt is a Scrabble US word. The word nowt is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is nowt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nowt is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (3 found)

NOWT,TOWN,WONT,

3-letter words (9 found)

NOT,NOW,OWN,OWT,TON,TOW,TWO,WON,WOT,

2-letter words (5 found)

NO,ON,OW,TO,WO,

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

All 4 letters words made out of nowt

nowt onwt nwot wnot ownt wont notw ontw ntow tnow otnw tonw nwto wnto ntwo tnwo wtno twno owtn wotn otwn town wton twon

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

Definitions and meaning of nowt

nowt

Pronunciation

  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /naʊt/, [naʊʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʊt
  • (English Midlands) IPA(key): /nəʊt/, [nəʊʔ]
  • Rhymes: -əʊt
  • Homophone: note

Etymology 1

Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to West Frisian neat (“nothing”), German nichts (“nothing”).

Pronoun

nowt

  1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.
Synonyms
  • noot (Geordie)

Noun

nowt (uncountable)

  1. (Northern England, Sussex, Berkshire) Naught, nothing.
Derived terms

Adverb

nowt (not comparable)

  1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.
Antonyms
  • owt

Etymology 2

From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with Old English nēat, English neat.

Alternative forms

  • nolt (dialectal or obsolete)

Noun

nowt (plural nowts)

  1. (Scotland and Northern England) An ox.
  2. (Scotland and Northern England) A herd of cattle.
  3. (figurative, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.

References

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • “nowt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[4]

Anagrams

  • Town, town, wo'n't, won't, wont

Middle English

Pronoun

nowt

  1. Alternative form of nought

Adverb

nowt

  1. Alternative form of nought

Adjective

nowt

  1. Alternative form of nought

Noun

nowt

  1. Alternative form of nought

Scots

Etymology

From Old English nāwiht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nʌut/

Pronoun

nowt

  1. (South Scots) naught, nothing
    Synonyms: nihin, nithin, nuhin, noot, nowts
    Antonym: owt

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