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

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

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4-letter words (4 found)

LOWS,OWLS,SLOW,SOWL,

3-letter words (6 found)

LOS,LOW,OWL,SOL,SOW,WOS,

2-letter words (5 found)

LO,OS,OW,SO,WO,

You can make 15 words from sowl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sowl

sowl oswl swol wsol owsl wosl solw oslw slow lsow olsw losw swlo wslo slwo lswo wlso lwso owls wols olws lows wlos lwos

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Definitions and meaning of sowl

sowl

Etymology 1

From Middle English sowel, souel, suvel (food eaten with bread; food in general), from Old English sufel, sufol (anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl), from Proto-West Germanic *sufl, from Proto-Germanic *suflą (entremets, viands), from Proto-Indo-European *seu-, *sew- (juice; moisture; rain). The word is cognate with Danish sul (sowl), Middle Dutch suvel, zuvel (Dutch zuivel (dairy products)), Middle Low German suvel, süvel, suffel (sowl), Old High German sufil, sufili, Old Norse sufl, Norwegian suvl, sovl, sul (milk porridge; food eaten with bread, porridge or soup), Saterland Frisian süfel (dairy products), sovel (sowl), West Frisian suvel (dairy products).

Alternative forms

  • seawl, sewl, sool, soul, soule, sow, sowe, sowel, sowle, sowli

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saʊl/, /ˈsaʊəl/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /suːl/
  • Rhymes: -aʊl, -aʊəl

Noun

sowl (plural sowls)

  1. (British, dialectal) A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English soul, soule, sowel, sawel (soul). See further at soul.

Noun

sowl (plural sowls)

  1. Archaic spelling of soul.

Etymology 3

Origin unknown; compare German zaulen, zauseln, zausen (to tug, drag). See also tousle.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səʊl/
  • (General American) enPR: sōl, IPA(key): /soʊl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊl
  • Homophones: Seoul, sole, soul

Verb

sowl (third-person singular simple present sowls, present participle sowling, simple past and past participle sowled)

  1. (transitive) To pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag about.
Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English sōlen (to become dirty or soiled; to make dirty, soil; to be defiled, polluted), from Old English solian (to make or become foul, sully), from Proto-Germanic *sulwōną, *sulwijaną; compare sullow and sully, and Danish søle (to make dirty, defile), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisauljan, to bemire), Middle Dutch soluwen, seulewen (to besmirch, soil), Old French soillier, souillier, soller (to dirty, stain; to tarnish (a reputation, etc.)) (modern French souiller), Old High German solagōn, bisullen (to make dirty), German suhlen (to make dirty, soil), Old Saxon sulian (to mire, soil), West Flemish sowelen, suwelen.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səʊl/
  • (General American) enPR: sōl, IPA(key): /soʊl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊl
  • Homophones: Seoul, sole, soul

Verb

sowl (third-person singular simple present sowls, present participle sowling, simple past and past participle sowled)

  1. (obsolete) To soil or stain; to dirty.
    Synonyms: sullow, sully

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Anagrams

  • Lows, OWLs, lows, owls, slow

Source: wiktionary.org