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Words that Rhyme with "Cow"

Can you guess all the one-syllable words rhyming with "cow" that appear in the Scrabble dictionary? Contains many words whose base pronunciation is British English so think globally!!!!
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First submittedNovember 16, 2014
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Definition
Word
Tree branch
Bough
Waist bend
Bow
Forehead
Brow
Food
Chow
Italian hello
Ciao
Gorge
Clough
Indian Ocean boat
Dhow
To prosper
Dow
Question word
How
Definition
Word
Immediately
Now
Ouch
Ow
Farming device
Plough
Plow
Biff! Wham!
Pow
Front of a boat
Prow
Noisy argument
Row
Type of boat
Scow
Marshy area
Slough
Definition
Word
Sound of wind through trees
Sough
Female pig
Sow
Chinese philosophical path
Tao
Greek letter
Tau
You
Thou
Oath
Vow
Amazing!
Wow
Ouch!
Yow
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76 Comments
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Nov 17, 2014
Plough?
Beefcake
+1
Level 42
Nov 17, 2014
I knew there was one other missing. Thanks
sillie
+9
Level 76
Nov 27, 2014
Aren't plow and plough the same thing?
YantheMan
+2
Level 66
Jun 16, 2016
I thought so too.
KingofQuiz
+3
Level 56
Aug 17, 2016
"In American and Canadian English, plow is the preferred spelling of the farm implement and its related verbs. Plough is the preferred spelling in the main varieties of English from outside North America." - Grammarist.
ASmartPanda
+2
Level 49
May 30, 2019
Meow?
mightythor
+3
Level 66
Nov 18, 2014
Row doesn't rhyme. Plough gets tallied, but doesn't show up in the answers. Tao.
Beefcake
+9
Level 42
Nov 20, 2014
Row (pronounced rau) is a term for an argument, as in 'they are having a row again.'
buck1017
+4
Level 78
Dec 5, 2014
Always thought that pronounced just like row a boat. cool
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jan 2, 2015
I hate that word. I see it in newspaper headlines all the time over in the Middle East. They freaking love it. (the word)
DiscoBayGolfer
+1
Level 79
Jan 6, 2015
buck, I was with you...learned something new today.
Tramp
+4
Level 77
Dec 20, 2017
@ kalbahamut - Row is a pretty common word in the UK to be honest. Maybe it's overused in the middle east, but you'll see it in plenty of newspaper headlines here too.
TwoWheels
+1
Level 60
Feb 27, 2019
@Tramp - yeah i know, my teachers talk about giving people a row. It seems to be quite a scottish thing
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
May 4, 2019
I love that word!
Dontneedone
+1
Level 79
Nov 26, 2014
When has prow meant the front of a boat?
stone222
+3
Level 48
Oct 26, 2018
a long time... just because you have never heard of it does not mean that it does not exist
IsleAuHaulte
+4
Level 90
Oct 18, 2022
It doesn't mean the general forward area like bow. It means the stem, so it's not a very good definition as written.
OldSailor
+3
Level 90
Nov 28, 2014
Slough usually rhymes with Sue or blue, not cow, in the middle American pronunciation world.
Beefcake
+1
Level 42
Nov 28, 2014
Ah yes, pronounciations can be fun...
daxota
+4
Level 93
Jan 29, 2016
There's a slew of sloughs around my area and they're both pronounced the same
grantdon
+4
Level 74
May 25, 2016
*pronunciations
panscedar
+3
Level 68
Jan 6, 2015
True in Western Canada too. We had a slough (sounds like slew) on our ranch for irrigation.
ander217
+4
Level 74
Jan 6, 2015
Agree with "slue" for the American Mid-South when referring to a marshy area, or if used as a snake shedding its skin, then it is pronounced as "sluff". I don't think proper names should be allowed or too many variations would appear - Howe, Rowe, Yao, Lau, Mao, Prough, etc. BTW, we also pronounce Tau as "Taw" here, but it was the only Greek letter that came near so I got the answer.
samiamco
+1
Level 68
Jul 10, 2016
This quiz is from the Scrabble dictionary, and yeah – proper nouns of any sort are not permitted in Scrabble.
CardinalV
+1
Level 62
Nov 10, 2017
It's pronounced Tow, not Taw.
redsplat
+1
Level 73
Jan 9, 2015
Both pronunciations are acceptable. Even according to the American dictionary (Webster). "Slew" is a minority pronunciation however, in global terms. Good job quizmaster.
InterAlia
+2
Level 77
Dec 21, 2014
There's one more. Mow as in hay mow, which is the part of the barn where hay is stacked and stored.
sussexval
+1
Level 58
Jan 6, 2015
Mow does not rhyme with cow
ocelot
+2
Level 59
Jan 6, 2015
A hay mow, the loft at the top of the barn where hay is stored, does indeed rhyme with cow. To mow hay (or grass) does not.
InterAlia
+1
Level 77
Jan 7, 2015
http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/hay-mow/
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jan 2, 2015
What about trow? meow? Laos? Chairman Mao? Frau? Shao? ... if we're accepting Ciao.

and dao is not a rare alternate spelling of tao. It's an extremely common alternate spelling.

samiamco
+2
Level 68
Jul 10, 2016
In Scrabble, proper nouns are not accepted, so that eliminates Lao/Laos and Mao; foreign words are not accepted unless so commonly used in English they are considered loaner words, so that's why ciao but not frau or shao; trow is deemed archaic; and finally, the instructions now say one-syllable if it didn't before, so that explains why no meow. But don't blame the quizmaker; he's just using the Scrabble dictionary, which is a very peculiar dictionary indeed!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 4, 2019
my cat pronounces meow with a single syllable. Sort of like the first syllable of mjolnir.
Sheriff25
+5
Level 84
Jan 6, 2015
In the UK, particularly northern England, 'clough' is pronounced 'cluff', as in 'enough'.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jan 7, 2015
As in Brian Clough ......... soccer player.
stone222
+1
Level 48
Oct 26, 2018
and the bird chough...
EcceHomo
+1
Level 82
Jul 16, 2024
Is it pronounced Slow in USA? Well, I never knew that.

This is why I'm here; to learn.

Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Dec 18, 2018
that's tough
Salz
+4
Level 59
Jan 6, 2015
needs to have "bow" for the front of the boat as well.
CliveDexter
+2
Level 75
Apr 17, 2016
I second that. Bow fits the requirements.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Dec 18, 2018
I tried that and it gave me credit for another answer, Then I thought maybe I got the spelling wrong so tried bough, got the credit for yet another answer haha. Tried a third time but no cigar so gave up cause I coulldnt think of the answer (have heard of it before though)
GeneralWaffle64
+1
Level 45
Jan 6, 2015
I think replacing "Food" with "Eat" would make more sense. I hear people say "chow" when they mean "to eat" more often than when they mean just "food". More people may get that one then.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Dec 18, 2018
I disagree, I would no thave gotten it with eat I think.
GeneralWaffle64
+1
Level 45
Jan 6, 2015
Did anyone else keep trying Dao or Dhao for "Chinese philosophical path"? Maybe I'm confusing it for something else.

Although, Dao/Dhao and Mao (as in Mao Zedong, unless that's a weird pronunciation) could be added to this quiz.

jriddycuz
+1
Level 67
Jan 6, 2015
Dao is the more modern spelling of the word, based off the now-widespread Pinyin Romanization. The spelling Tao is from the older Wade-Giles Romanization. Dao should be accepted. Dhao, however, is not a word. Anything with Bh, Dh, or Gh combinations is usually from the languages of the Indian Subcontinent (e.g., Bhagavad Gita, Buddha, Ghazal), and represents a murmured-voiced articulation of a consonant. Lastly, Mao does rhyme with cow, but it's a proper noun, so that's probably why it's not in here.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 6, 2015
Dao will work now.
duckwantbread
+1
Level 65
Jan 6, 2015
Well I got 'clough' but not 'now', I feel stupid.
Gyrenaica
+1
Level 34
Jan 8, 2015
Demonym of Laos- Lao
dirkster42
+2
Level 90
Jan 8, 2015
Can you please accept "phhstzaquenstprrenta$$samisaliar//feetandyabby" for "sow?"
bomber184
+1
Level 21
Jan 26, 2015
What about allow?
Meowzika
+1
Level 41
Mar 21, 2015
Shouldn't "bow" also be accepted for the front of a boat?
0rachael0
+1
Level 35
Apr 21, 2015
The front of a ship is a bow
ColoHarpare
+1
Level 50
Dec 20, 2017
Or a prow. Look it up.
sumguy
+3
Level 85
Feb 14, 2016
You have "Ouch" and "Ouch!" as separate clues. Why not combine them? Also, you have "Indian Ocean boat", which doesn't count as a "Type of boat". Maybe you could be more specific for the "Type of boat" clue?
priebe66
+1
Level 40
Jun 24, 2016
Bow, Mao?
Daniboyy
+2
Level 22
Aug 18, 2016
I live in Slough!
amygilbo
+1
Level 43
Sep 30, 2016
When you get that 1% question cos you guessed: 😅
NightStryder
+1
Level 27
Nov 20, 2017
Laos?
ColoHarpare
+2
Level 50
Dec 20, 2017
But where in the world does "dow" come from, meaning "prosper"?? I see that 30% of people get it, but I've never encountered it before.
stone222
+1
Level 48
Oct 26, 2018
i have heard of endow, which means give or bequeath money or property,.. maybe from the same roots?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Dec 18, 2018
maybe dowry too then I guess
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Nov 15, 2021
In Maine "dow" is a no with emphasis.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Dec 28, 2017
Good quiz, Like this try 'Words that rhyme with RIG'...........here it is
pinkpeach121
+2
Level 41
Apr 16, 2018
must admit I always thought clough was pronounced cliff
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Dec 18, 2018
I wonder how do you pronounce gif? (yes I am asking on purpose ;) )
pinkpeach121
+1
Level 41
Apr 16, 2018
cluff
Deadpool246
+2
Level 70
Sep 21, 2018
When you got clough and not row
stone222
+3
Level 48
Oct 26, 2018
one thing i hate on here is seeing someone say you SHOULD accept some alternative... if you want to make a suggestion use COULD, it's much politer
notluke
+2
Level 20
Apr 12, 2019
Isn't the front of a boat the bow
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Nov 15, 2021
Alphabetically, it's prow.
kitsims
+4
Level 83
May 17, 2021
I've never heard "clough" pronounced to rhyme with cow. As far as I know it rhymes with rough.

And why do we have to enter "plough" and "plow" separately? They're alternative spellings of the same thing.

Mikecb
+2
Level 71
Oct 8, 2023
In Lancashire CLOUGH is pronounced similarly to HUFF or PUFF !
NMI
+1
Level 88
Jul 12, 2021
Please consider accepting “dhow” as an answer for the "Type of boat” clue. Great quiz, thank you!
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Oct 18, 2022
Ah yes, another speed typing quiz.

Best to just click "Take untimed". It skews the statistics, but so does not being able to finish.

Bletsch
+1
Level 69
Jan 16, 2025
Okay, my 70-year-old dictionary does allow for the pronunciation of "clough" to rhyme with "cow," thought I've never heard it pronounced that way, and my long-ago friend Mr. Clough pronounced it "cluff." When I opened that page in the dictionary, I happened upon the word "clow," which apparently was a type of sluicegate, so there's another one.
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