FEWS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. FEWS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FEWS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEWS is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEWS
No single letter turns FEWS into another word.
How FEWS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FEWS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does FEWS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicdialect
A small number of people or things; an old and dialectal plural form of few.
Fews treats few as a countable noun in its own right, adding a plural ending the way regular nouns take one, even though standard English already uses few without it. The form turns up occasionally in older or dialect writing where a small handful of people or objects is being described.
How FEWS is used
Rare and dialectal; standard English simply uses few without an added ending.
- Only a fews of the villagers stayed through the winter.
- He spent a fews days resting before the journey continued.
- A fews of the old letters survived the fire.
- She kept a fews coins hidden under the floorboard.
- A fews travellers passed through the town that week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEWS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in FEWS
3 words end in FEWS. Useful as a back hook: play FEWS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in FEWS
Common questions about FEWS
- Is FEWS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FEWS is not in it.
- How many points is FEWS worth?
- FEWS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEWS mean?
- A small number of people or things; an old and dialectal plural form of few.
- What letters can be added to FEWS?
- No single letter can be added to FEWS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FEWS:
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