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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.

All 3 letters words made out of owe

owe woe oew eow weo ewo

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Definitions and meaning of owe

owe

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, 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.

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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

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