Is LOW a Scrabble word?
Yes. LOW is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
Adjective 4 meanings
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
“standing on low ground”
Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
“the Mississippi is unusually low right now”
Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
“the low officials of the bureaucracy”
Humble, meek, not haughty.
Noun 4 meanings
A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
“You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.”
A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
“He is in a low right now. the highs and lows of bipolar disorder”
An area of low pressure; a depression.
“A deep low is centred over the British Isles.”
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
“Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.”
Adverb 4 meanings
Close to the ground.
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
“He sold his wheat low.”
Verb 1 meaning
To moo.
“The cattle were lowing.”
Etymology
From Middle English lah, loue, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“low; flat”), from *ligjaną (“to lie; to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti (“to be lying down”), from *legʰ- (“to lie”).
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LOW at a glance
LOW has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + W 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #442 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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