FEW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEW?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEW is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fewsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does FEW mean in Scrabble?
adjective
A small number of.
Few and a few mean opposite things, and the article does all the work: few friends is a complaint and a few friends is not. English has almost no other pair in which adding one small word turns a shortage into a sufficiency.
How FEW is used
Before a plural noun. The comparative is fewer.
- Few people stayed to the end.
- A few people stayed to the end, which is a different story.
- There were fewer of them than the year before.
- Few things are as annoying as a door that sticks.
- He has few friends and a great many acquaintances.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEW
12 longer words begin with FEW.
Words ending in FEW
3 words end in FEW. Useful as a back hook: play FEW onto a word already on the board.
Words with FEW inside
9 words contain FEW in the middle. Words that start with FEW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FEW
Common questions about FEW
- Is FEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEW worth?
- FEW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEW mean?
- A small number of.
- What letters can be added to FEW?
- FEW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FEW:
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