BLEW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BLEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLEW?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLEW is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLEW
No single letter turns BLEW into another word.
How BLEW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BLEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does BLEW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To blow — the past form.
Blew is a homophone of blue and the two are constantly confused in writing, which is exactly why headline writers reach for the pun. Neither word is related to the other in any way at all.
How BLEW is used
Past tense of blow. The participle is blown.
- The wind blew all night and stopped at dawn.
- The word blew is a homophone of a colour.
- They blew the budget in the first quarter.
- Headlines use the pun on blew deliberately.
- Nothing connects blew to the word it sounds like.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLEW
5 longer words begin with BLEW.
Words ending in BLEW
3 words end in BLEW. Useful as a back hook: play BLEW onto a word already on the board.
Words with BLEW inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain BLEW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BLEW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLEW
Common questions about BLEW
- Is BLEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLEW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLEW worth?
- BLEW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLEW mean?
- To blow — the past form.
- What letters can be added to BLEW?
- No single letter can be added to BLEW to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BLEW:
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