AWE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AWE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AWE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AWE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AWE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AWE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does AWE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A feeling of respect mixed with fear or wonder.
Awe has split into a family that no longer agrees with itself: awful once meant full of it and now means bad, while awesome kept the original force and then weakened into ordinary approval. The noun is the only part that has not moved at all.
How AWE is used
Uncountable: in awe of something. Also a verb.
- They stood in awe of a building they had helped to pay for.
- Awe is not the same as admiration and never was.
- The word awful used to mean full of awe.
- He was awed into silence for the first time in years.
- A sense of awe is harder to describe than to feel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AWE
The 3 tiles of AWE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AWE
23 longer words begin with AWE.
Words ending in AWE
3 words end in AWE. Useful as a back hook: play AWE onto a word already on the board.
Words with AWE inside
Showing 24 of 114 words that contain AWE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AWE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AWE
Common questions about AWE
- Is AWE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWE worth?
- AWE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWE mean?
- A feeling of respect mixed with fear or wonder.
- What letters can be added to AWE?
- AWE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AWE:
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