trow

Plural: trows

Verb

Verb Forms: trowed, trowing, trows

To believe or suppose, an archaic term.
To trust or believe.
To have confidence in, or to give credence to.

Noun

Trust or faith.
Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods.
A troll.
Used chiefly in the expression drop trow.

Examples

I trow, he must have thought that word was valid, but it wasn’t in the dictionary.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”).
Akin to Scots trow, trew (“to believe, trust, confide in, prove”), Dutch trouwen (“to wed, marry”), German trauen (“to trust, marry”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish tro (“to believe, think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tru (“to believe, think”), Icelandic trúa (“to trust, believe, believe in”).

Scrabble Score: 7

trow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
trow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

trow: valid Words With Friends Word