Borrows
7 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Third-person singular present tense of borrow, meaning takes or uses something temporarily with the intention of returning it.
“She always borrows books from the library rather than buying them outright.”
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Starts with BORR and ends in -OWS, the double R in the middle is a useful discovery
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The W scores 4 points and double R uses two R tiles, decent tile value for a common verb
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