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Words Ending in OW

There are 183 words ending in OW on Word.ws, from 2 to 12 letters. The most common length is 6 letters (49 words). The words used most often are how, now, know, show and low.

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2-letter words ending in OW

  • ow5interj. Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).

3-letter words ending in OW

  • bow8n. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material...
  • cow8n. An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has...
  • dow7v. To furnish with a dower; to endow.
  • fow9v. To clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
  • gow7n. Opium.
  • how9adv. To what degree or extent.
  • jow13n. A premetric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter...
  • low6adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal...
  • mow8v. To cut down grass or crops.
  • now6adj. Present; current.
  • pow8interj. The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch.
  • row6n. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre...
  • sow6n. A female pig.
  • tow6v. To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.
  • vow9n. A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner...
  • wow9interj. An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
  • yow9interj. Expression of pain; ouch.

4-letter words ending in OW

  • alow7adv. Low down.
  • arow7adv. In a row, line, or rank; successively.
  • avow10v. To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to...
  • blow9v. To produce an air current.
  • brow9n. The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
  • chow12n. Food, especially snacks.
  • crow9n. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical...
  • dhow11n. A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East...
  • drow8n. “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk)...
  • enow7adv. Just now.
  • flow10n. Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion...
  • frow10n. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
  • glow8v. To emit heat and light without a flame.
  • grow8v. To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
  • know11v. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain...
  • meow9interj. Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
  • prow9n. The front part of a vessel.
  • scow9n. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
  • show10v. To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others...
  • slow7adj. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an...
  • snow7n. The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the...
  • stow7v. To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper...
  • trow7n. Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for...
  • yeow10interj. Expressing sudden pain or startlement.

5-letter words ending in OW

  • ablow10adj. Blowing or being blown; windy.
  • aglow9adj. Glowing; radiant.
  • allow8v. To let one have as a suitable share of something.
  • arrow8n. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing...
  • below10prep. Lower in spatial position than.
  • blaow10interj. A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.
  • cahow13n. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
  • elbow10n. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
  • endow9v. To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a...
  • madow11n. Heroin.
  • miaow10n. UK spelling of meow.
  • oxbow17n. A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of...
  • serow8n. Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.
  • throw11v. To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an...
  • widow12n. A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not...

6-letter words ending in OW

  • anyhow15adv. In any way or manner whatever.
  • barlow11n. A type of pocket-knife.
  • barrow11n. A hill.
  • bellow11n. The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
  • bestow11v. To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.
  • billow11n. A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as...
  • borrow11v. To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return...
  • burrow11n. A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small...
  • callow11adj. Immature, inexperienced, or naive.
  • carrow11n. A gambler in Ireland.
  • dembow14n. A genre of Caribbean popular music or musical rhythm.
  • escrow11n. A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by...
  • fallow12n. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
  • farrow12n. A litter of piglets.
  • fellow12n. A companion; a comrade.
  • follow12v. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction...
  • furrow12n. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
  • gallow10v. To frighten, alarm, scare, or terrify.
  • garrow10n. Garo people.
  • hallow12n. A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
  • harrow12n. A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth...
  • hollow12n. A small valley between mountains.
  • inflow12n. The act or process of flowing in or into.
  • kowtow16v. To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
  • mallow11n. Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic...
  • marrow11n. The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
  • meadow12n. A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated...
  • mellow11adj. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
  • merrow11n. A merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.
  • minnow11n. Any of certain small fish.
  • morrow11v. To dawn.
  • narrow9adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are...
  • pillow11n. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
  • powwow17n. A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman.
  • reflow12v. To flow back again; to flow once more.
  • regrow10v. To grow again a part that has been lost, shed or destroyed.
  • sallow9adj. Of a sickly pale colour.
  • shadow13n. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation)...
  • sorrow9n. Unhappiness, woe.
  • tallow9n. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as...
  • unknow13v. To undo the process of knowing; to lose knowledge of something.
  • upflow14n. A flowing upward.
  • wallow12v. To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
  • willow12n. Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the...
  • window13n. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to...
  • winnow12v. To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of...
  • yarrow12n. Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus...
  • yellow12n. The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing...

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7-letter words ending in OW

  • airflow13n. Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft...
  • airglow11n. A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in...
  • cornrow12n. One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp...
  • dayglow15n. The airglow of the sky during the day.
  • disavow14v. To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny...
  • eyebrow15n. The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
  • longbow13n. A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet...
  • lowbrow15adj. Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence...
  • moonbow14n. A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air...
  • mudflow16n. A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
  • outflow13n. The process of flowing out.
  • outgrow11v. To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue...
  • preshow15v. To show in advance.
  • rainbow12n. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of...
  • salchow15n. A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and...
  • shallow13adj. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
  • sharrow13n. A marking (often consisting of an image of a bicycle with two inverted...
  • skyglow18n. The illumination of the sky above populated areas, mostly by street...
  • somehow15adv. In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some...
  • sparrow12n. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill...
  • swallow13v. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to...
  • unibrow12n. A pair of eyebrows which meet in the middle.
  • uniflow13adj. In which the gas mixture enters at one end of the cylinder controlled...
  • whitlow16n. Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a...
  • windrow14n. A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.

8-letter words ending in OW

  • backflow22n. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to...
  • bangalow14n. A bangalow palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana).
  • baseflow16n. The portion of streamflow that comes from the sum of deep subsurface...
  • brigalow14n. Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla...
  • bungalow14n. A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or...
  • cashflow19adj. Of or pertaining to a cash flow.
  • crossbow15n. A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
  • disallow12v. To refuse to allow.
  • downflow18n. A downward flow.
  • freeflow17n. A style of self-service restaurant or cafeteria where customers can...
  • hedgerow16n. A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
  • hoosegow15n. A jail.
  • monobrow15n. Synonym of unibrow.
  • moonglow14n. Moonlight.
  • overblow16v. To cover with blossoms or flowers.
  • overflow17n. The spillage resultant from overflowing.
  • overgrow15v. To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper...
  • peepshow18n. An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or...
  • roadshow15n. A show that travels from place to place.
  • sideshow15n. A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music...
  • snowplow16n. A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as...
  • tomorrow13adv. On the day after the present day.
  • ultralow11adj. Extremely low.
  • undertow12v. To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
  • unfollow14v. To cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity).
  • workflow21n. The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place.

9-letter words ending in OW

  • afterglow16n. The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
  • aftershow18adj. Occurring after a show.
  • alpenglow15n. A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of...
  • bedfellow18n. One with whom one shares a bed.
  • crossflow17n. A crosswise flow.
  • deathblow18n. A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grâce.
  • downthrow19n. Defeat; ruin.
  • overthrow18v. To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by...
  • scarecrow16n. An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to...
  • slideshow16n. A presentation of a series of photographic slides, usually with a...
  • smokeshow21n. A very physically attractive person.
  • supershow17n. A large-scale or successful show.
  • underflow16n. A current flowing below the surface.
  • underglow14v. To beam or radiate too little light; to glow insufficiently.
  • waterflow18n. The flow of water, especially as part of a hydraulic system.

10-letter words ending in OW

  • contraflow18n. Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
  • foreshadow20v. To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
  • goodfellow18v. To address another individual as a good fellow.
  • middlebrow19n. A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
  • overshadow20v. To obscure something by casting a shadow.
  • streamflow18n. The runoff of surface water through a channel.

11-letter words ending in OW

  • counterflow19n. A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite...
  • marshmallow21n. Marsh mallow, a species of mallow, Althaea officinalis, that grows in...
  • thundersnow18n. A thunderstorm accompanied by snow, rather than rain or hail.
  • wheelbarrow22n. A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one...

12-letter words ending in OW

  • buttonwillow20n. A shrub with round flower heads found near water in California, the...
417 rare words ending in OW

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Questions about these words

How many words ending in OW are there?
Word.ws lists 183 words ending in OW, plus 417 rare ones.
What are common words ending in OW?
how, now, know, show, low, follow, below and tomorrow.
Which of the words ending in OW has the highest letter score?
backflow scores 22 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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