LEWD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LEWD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEWD?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEWD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEWD
No single letter turns LEWD into another word.
How LEWD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LEWD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does LEWD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Crude and offensive in a sexual way.
Lewd meant lay rather than clerical in Old English, then uneducated, then coarse. Each step down took about two centuries and none of them was reversed.
How LEWD is used
Before and after the noun.
- A lewd remark that emptied the room.
- The word lewd first meant not belonging to the clergy.
- Lewd then meant uneducated before it meant coarse.
- Each shift in lewd took about two centuries.
- Nothing reversed the decline of lewd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEWD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LEWD
The 4 tiles of LEWD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LEWD
9 longer words begin with LEWD.
Words ending in LEWD
2 words end in LEWD. Useful as a back hook: play LEWD onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LEWD
Common questions about LEWD
- Is LEWD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEWD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEWD worth?
- LEWD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEWD mean?
- Crude and offensive in a sexual way.
- What letters can be added to LEWD?
- No single letter can be added to LEWD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LEWD:
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