bowline
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈbəʊlɪn/
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/ˈbəʊlɪn/ · /ˈboʊlɪn/
Definition of bowline
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
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noun
- A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
- A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.
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Etymology
From Middle English bouline, bawelyne.
Words you can make from bowline
88 playable · top: BELOW (10 pts)
Best play below 10 points5-letter words
8 words4-letter words
30 words- BLEW 9 pts
- BLOW 9 pts
- BOWL 9 pts
- NEWB 9 pts
- ENOW 7 pts
- LOWE 7 pts
- LOWN 7 pts
- LWEI 7 pts
- OWIE 7 pts
- WILE 7 pts
- WINE 7 pts
- WINO 7 pts
- BILE 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BLIN 6 pts
- BOIL 6 pts
- BOLE 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- LOBE 6 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINO 4 pts
- LION 4 pts
- LOIN 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- BOW 8 pts
- WEB 8 pts
- LOW 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- NOW 6 pts
- OWE 6 pts
- OWL 6 pts
- OWN 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WIN 6 pts
- WOE 6 pts
- WON 6 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- LOB 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- NOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
2-letter words
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