CHEW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHEW?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHEW is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHEW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHEW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does CHEW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To grind food between the teeth.
Chew is Old English and has barely changed, and it produced the phrase about chewing something over in the sixteenth century. American English has a chew for tobacco that British English never adopted.
How CHEW is used
Chewed, chewing. Also a noun.
- She chewed the same piece of gum through two meetings.
- The word chew is Old English and hardly changed.
- They chewed it over and reached the same answer.
- A chew of tobacco is American usage.
- Chewing properly is advice that nobody follows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHEW
17 longer words begin with CHEW.
Words ending in CHEW
3 words end in CHEW. Useful as a back hook: play CHEW onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHEW inside
13 words contain CHEW in the middle. Words that start with CHEW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHEW
Common questions about CHEW
- Is CHEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHEW, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHEW worth?
- CHEW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHEW mean?
- To grind food between the teeth.
- What letters can be added to CHEW?
- CHEW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHEW:
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