Bowls

/bəʊlz/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters

Definition of Bowls

noun

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
As much as is held by a bowl.
"You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already."
A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
"This restaurant offers a number of different bowls."
A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
The round hollow part of anything.
"Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim."

noun

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
The action of bowling a ball.
(in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.

verb

To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
"We were bowled rapidly along the road."
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

noun

A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
A ball used in the game of bowls

Anagrams of Bowls

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

19 words can be made from the letters in "bowls":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

blow bowl bows lobs lows owls slob slow swob

3-LETTER WORDS

bos bow lob low owl sob sol sow wos

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "bowls" and rearranging:

+ebelows bowels elbows

Related Word Patterns

BO...Words starting with "bo"...LSWords ending with "ls"All 5-letter words Unscramble "bowls"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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Rhyming Words

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