Word.ws English Dictionary

Words That Start with OW

There are 22 words that start with OW on Word.ws, from 2 to 9 letters. The most common length is 3 letters (5 words). The words used most often are own, owner, owned, ownership and owe.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

2-letter words that start with OW

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

3-letter words that start with OW

  • owd7adj. Old.
  • owe6v. To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to...
  • owl6n. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families...
  • own6adj. Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to...
  • owt6pron. Aught, anything.

4-letter words that start with OW

  • owed8adj. That owes.
  • ower7n. A person who owes something, especially money.
  • owie7interj. Synonym of ow.
  • owly10adj. Resembling or characteristic of an owl.

5-letter words that start with OW

  • owing9adj. Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
  • owler8n. The alder tree.
  • owlet8n. A young owl; owling.
  • owned9adj. Having an owner who is part of a specified group.
  • owner8n. One who owns something.

6-letter words that start with OW

  • owings10n. That which is owed; debt.
  • owlish12adj. Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
  • ownage10n. Triumph or domination.

7-letter words that start with OW

  • owlbear12n. A monstrous creature resembling a bear with a beak.
  • ownself13pron. (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a...

9-letter words that start with OW

  • ownerless12adj. Having no owner.
  • ownership17n. The state of having complete legal control of something; possession...
36 rare words that start with OW

Questions about these words

How many words that start with OW are there?
Word.ws lists 22 words that start with OW, plus 36 rare ones.
What are common words that start with OW?
own, owner, owned, ownership, owe, owl, owed and owing.
Which of the words that start with OW has the highest letter score?
ownership scores 17 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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