dower

NOUNVERB /daʊər/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D

dower is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2O1W4E1R1
2 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does dower mean?

NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.

SYNONYMS
DOWERYDOWRYPORTION
BROADER
GIFT
2

A life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband.

BROADER
LIFE ESTATEESTATE FOR LIFE
VERB · 1 SENSE
1

Furnish with an endowment.

“When she got married, she got dowered”

SYNONYMS
ENDOW
BROADER
GIVEPRESENTGIFT
NARROWER
BENEFICE
RELATED
DOWERY
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of dower

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS
ROWED9

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