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Bows

/baʊz/

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:10 pts4 letters
Definition of Bows

noun

  1. A firm branch of a tree.

    "When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall."

  2. The gallows.

noun

  1. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
  2. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
  3. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
  4. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
  5. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.

verb

  1. To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.

    "The musician bowed his violin expertly."

  2. To become bent or curved.

    "The shelf bowed under the weight of the books."

  3. To make something bend or curve.
  4. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
  5. To premiere.

    "Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week."

noun

  1. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

    "He made a polite bow as he entered the room."

verb

  1. To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.

    "That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason."

  2. To debut.
  3. To defer (to something).

    "I bow to your better judgement in the matter."

  4. To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.

noun

  1. The front of a boat or ship.
  2. The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
Anagrams of Bows

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "bows":

swob

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+ebowse
+lblowsbowls
+mwombs
+rbrows
+sswobs
Related Word Patterns
BO...Words starting with "bo"...WSWords ending with "ws"All 4-letter wordsUnscramble "bows"
Synonyms & Antonyms

ANTONYMS

poopstern
Letter Values
b3
o1
w4
s1

Total: 9 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Bows
afterglowsaircrewsairflowsairglowsairscrewsairshowsallowsalpenglowsarrowsavowsbackflowsbacksaws
Related 4-Letter Words
baalbaasbabababebabubabybachbackbadebadsbaffbagsbahtbailbait

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Bows"

Bows is a 4-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "bows" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Bows" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "bows" is a low-scoring word.