HEWN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HEWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEWN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEWN is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEWN
Front hooks — 1
shewnBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HEWN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HEWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does HEWN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To hew — the past participle.
Hewn is one of a handful of participles still ending in that letter where the verb is otherwise regular. It survives chiefly in the phrase about rough-hewn stone and in poetry.
How HEWN is used
Past participle of hew; hewed is also correct.
- A rough-hewn beam is shaped and not planed.
- The word hewn keeps an ending most verbs have lost.
- Steps hewn out of the rock itself.
- Both hewn and hewed are accepted participles.
- Poetry keeps hewn alive where prose uses hewed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEWN
The 4 tiles of HEWN in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in HEWN
5 words end in HEWN. Useful as a back hook: play HEWN onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in HEWN
Common questions about HEWN
- Is HEWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEWN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEWN worth?
- HEWN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEWN mean?
- To hew — the past participle.
- What letters can be added to HEWN?
- HEWN takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HEWN:
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