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BOW

3 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

BOW is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

BOWS-s 1 BOWING-ing 3 BOWED-ed 2

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

BOWES 2 BOWINGS 5 BOWINGLY 11
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.
  6. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
  7. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
  8. Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
  9. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
  10. A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
  11. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
  12. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
  13. Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
  14. 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.
  15. The front of a boat or ship.
  16. The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
  17. obsoleteObsolete spelling of bough.
  18. alternativeAlternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
  19. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of bow-wow
verb
  1. To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
    • The musician bowed his violin expertly.
  2. ergativeTo bend or curve, particularly downward.
    • The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
  4. intransitiveTo bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
    • That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason.
  5. intransitivetransitiveTo debut.
  6. intransitiveTo defer (to something).
    • I bow to your better judgement in the matter.
  7. transitiveTo give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
  8. intransitiveTo give up or cease resisting.
    • I'll never bow to that tyrant.
  9. auxiliaryabout to
  10. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of bow-wow
interjection
  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of bow-wow