Definition of dower

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• dower is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• dower is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• dower is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of dower

• money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. dowery
  2. dowry
  3. portion
• furnish with an endowment (verb)

  Examples

  1. When she got married, she got dowered

  Synonyms

  1. endow
• a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband (noun)

See definition of dower in Merriam Webster