DEWY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DEWY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEWY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEWY is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEWY
No single letter turns DEWY into another word.
How DEWY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DEWY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does DEWY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Wet with the moisture that settles overnight.
Dewy is nearly always used about something fresh or young, which is why dewy-eyed means naive rather than damp. The literal sense survives mostly in descriptions of early mornings.
How DEWY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A dewy morning that burned off by nine.
- The word dewy is used about youth more than water.
- Dewy-eyed means naive and not wet.
- Grass is dewy for about an hour after dawn.
- More dewy in the hollow than on the ridge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEWY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in DEWY
1 words end in DEWY. Useful as a back hook: play DEWY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DEWY
Common questions about DEWY
- Is DEWY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEWY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEWY worth?
- DEWY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEWY mean?
- Wet with the moisture that settles overnight.
- What letters can be added to DEWY?
- No single letter can be added to DEWY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DEWY:
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