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Is owe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word owe is a Scrabble US word. The word owe is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is owe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word owe is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Yes. The word owe is a Words With Friends word. The word owe is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

OWE,WOE,

2-letter words (5 found)

EW,OE,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from owe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of owe

owe

English

Etymology

    From Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe (“to possess, own”), reduplicated stative of *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”). See also own, ought.

    Cognate with Sanskrit ईष्टे (īṣṭe, “to own, possess”).

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /əʊ/
    • (US) enPR: ō, IPA(key): /oʊ/
    • Homophones: o, O, oh
    • Rhymes: -əʊ

    Verb

    owe (third-person singular simple present owes, present participle owing, simple past owed or (archaic) ought, past participle owed or (archaic) own)

    1. (ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
    2. (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.
    3. (transitive) To have as a cause; used with to.

    Usage notes

    • The original past tense form was ought, which during Middle English began to be used with indefinite signification and has become a distinct verb. The original past participle survives in the adjective own.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Anagrams

    • woe

    Avava

    Noun

    owe

    1. water

    Further reading

    • Terry Crowley et al, The Avava Language of Central Malakula (Vanuatu) (2006)

    Bavarian

    Alternative forms

    • owi, noi

    Etymology

    From Middle High German abhin, abehin, equivalent to å + hi. Compare archaic German abhin.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɔːβɛ/

    Adverb

    owe

    1. (East Central Bavarian) down, downwards (direction away from the speaker)
      Antonym: auffe

    Usage notes

    Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

    Related terms

    • owa

    Middle English

    Pronoun

    owe

    1. alternative form of yow

    Old French

    Noun

    owe

    1. alternative form of hoe (“hoe”)

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.vɛ/
    • Rhymes: -ɔvɛ
    • Syllabification: o‧we

    Pronoun

    owe

    1. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ów

    Yoruba

    Alternative forms

    • òghe
    • òe (Ekiti)

    Etymology 1

    Folk etymology explains that it comes from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wé (“to wrap, to twist”), literally “That which wraps something around something else (another meaning)”.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ò.wē/

    Noun

    òwe

    1. proverb, adage, saying

    Etymology 2

    Compare with Igala ògè

    Alternative forms

    • òghè (Ondo)
    • òè (Ekiti)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ò.wè/

    Noun

    òwè

    1. a species of black monkey; (in particular) Collared mangabey
    Derived terms

    Source: wiktionary.org