EWE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. EWE 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 EWE?
| 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 EWE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EWE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EWE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EWE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,225.
What stands out about EWE
- EWE is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EWE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A female sheep.
Ewe is one of the words English kept from before the Romans, and it has relatives in almost every European language — which is what happens to the vocabulary of an animal people have kept for eight thousand years. The spelling and the sound agree in no obvious way at all.
How EWE is used
Countable: a ewe, two ewes.
- The ewe took both lambs and refused neither.
- A ewe of that age will lamb once more at most.
- Two ewes got out and the whole flock followed.
- The word ewe is older than English itself.
- A ewe knows her own lamb by the sound of it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EWE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EWE
The 3 tiles of EWE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with EWE
4 longer words begin with EWE.
Words ending in EWE
5 words end in EWE. Useful as a back hook: play EWE onto a word already on the board.
Words with EWE inside
Showing 24 of 329 words that contain EWE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EWE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EWE
Common questions about EWE
- Is EWE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EWE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EWE worth?
- EWE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EWE mean?
- A female sheep.
- What letters can be added to EWE?
- EWE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EWE:
Open EWE in the Word Finder