HEW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEW?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEW is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does HEW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cut or shape with an axe or a chisel.
Hew survives in two places: in hewn stone and timber, and in the phrase about hewing to a line, which means following it exactly. The second is American and figurative, and it is strong precisely because of the first — the line is being cut, not merely obeyed.
How HEW is used
Transitive: hew a beam. The past participle is hewn.
- The beams were hewn on site and lifted by hand.
- He hews to the rule whatever it costs him.
- A hewn face on the stone shows the tool marks.
- They hewed the steps out of the rock itself.
- To hew is to cut roughly and to mean it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEW
9 longer words begin with HEW.
Words ending in HEW
16 words end in HEW. Useful as a back hook: play HEW onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEW inside
Showing 24 of 72 words that contain HEW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEW
Common questions about HEW
- Is HEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEW, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEW worth?
- HEW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEW mean?
- To cut or shape with an axe or a chisel.
- What letters can be added to HEW?
- HEW takes 7 hooks: 5 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HEW:
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