Definitions for sowens

sowens sow·ens

Spelling: [soh-uh nz, soo-]
IPA: /ˈsoʊ ənz, ˈsu-/

Sowens is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in sowens (enossw).

Definitions for sowens

noun

  1. porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.

Origin of sowens

1575-85; Scots Gaelic sùghan, derivative of sùgh sap

Examples for sowens

sowens, with butter instead of milk to them, is always the Halloween supper.

sowens, pottage made of the dust in oatmeal seeds steeped and soured.

The Indulgence is but a dish of sowens with a muzzle thereafter, to make us for ever dumb dogs that will not bark.

sowens, a dish made by steeping, fermenting, and then boiling the husks or siftings of oats in water.

"sowens is—or are—good," decided Dr. Watkins, tasting his cake slowly, and pronouncing judgment on it after due deliberation.

He is a poet, and, according to his idea of that race, they subsist entirely upon porridge or on sowens.

Ousen milk, sowens, or flummery not boiled; used instead of milk, Dumfr.

Sowans, sowens; a sort of flummery or gruel usually made and eaten on Hallow Eve.

Word Value for sowens
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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