LEW is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. LEW 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LEW?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEW is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LEW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does LEW mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicdialect
Lukewarm; only slightly warm, neither hot nor cold.
Something described as lew has cooled or warmed just enough to lose its edge of heat or chill, a word once common in northern English and Scots dialect for describing water, air, or food. A separate, unrelated word spelled the same names a small Bulgarian coin, more often written lev.
How LEW is used
Regional and old-fashioned; standard English now says lukewarm or tepid.
- The bathwater had gone lew by the time she returned.
- A lew breeze drifted across the fields that evening.
- He complained that the soup was served lew, not hot.
- The stream ran lew in the shade of the old oak.
- By midday the wind had turned lew and heavy.
- She poured out the lew tea and asked for a fresh pot.
- The cottage stayed lew even in the depths of winter.
- A lew mist hung low over the valley at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEW and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see LEW
- Lew comes from the Old English word hleow, meaning shelter or mild warmth.
- The same spelling as lew separately names a small Bulgarian coin, an unrelated word usually spelled lev.
Words starting with LEW
18 longer words begin with LEW.
Words ending in LEW
14 words end in LEW. Useful as a back hook: play LEW onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEW inside
Showing 24 of 136 words that contain LEW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LEW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEW
Common questions about LEW
- Is LEW valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LEW is not in it.
- How many points is LEW worth?
- LEW is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEW mean?
- Lukewarm; only slightly warm, neither hot nor cold.
- What letters can be added to LEW?
- LEW takes 7 hooks: 6 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LEW:
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