owe: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with O · ends with E
Meaning of owe
verb
- ditransitive
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
Example: We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.
- intransitive
To have debt; to be in debt.
- transitive
To have as a cause; used with to.
Example: The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.
Listed forms: owes, owing, owed, ought, own.
Source: Wiktionary — owe.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is owe in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of owe
O(1) + W(4) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of owe
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from owe
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in owe. Showing up to 24, longest first.