SHEWN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SHEWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHEWN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHEWN is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHEWN
No single letter turns SHEWN into another word.
How SHEWN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHEWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does SHEWN mean in Scrabble?
other
archaic
The archaic spelling of shown, the past participle of shew, an older form of the verb show.
Shew was once a standard spelling of show, and shewn followed the same pattern as its past participle, appearing throughout early modern English including the King James Bible and legal documents of the period. Over time show and shown became the accepted modern spellings, and shew survived mainly in older printed texts, church liturgy and quotation. A modern reader who meets shewn in an old book or hymn can simply read it as shown, since the meaning has not changed at all. Some legal and ecclesiastical documents continued to use shewn well into the twentieth century out of tradition rather than necessity.
How SHEWN is used
Archaic; found in older texts, legal documents and scripture rather than in current writing.
- The evidence had been shewn to the jury before the recess.
- It hath been shewn unto us that the way is narrow.
- The old deed states that title was duly shewn to the buyer.
- Great mercy was shewn to the prisoners that day.
- The manuscript uses shewn throughout, where a modern edition prints shown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHEWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHEWN
The 5 tiles of SHEWN in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in SHEWN
2 words end in SHEWN. Useful as a back hook: play SHEWN onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in SHEWN
Common questions about SHEWN
- Is SHEWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHEWN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHEWN worth?
- SHEWN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHEWN mean?
- The archaic spelling of shown, the past participle of shew, an older form of the verb show.
- What letters can be added to SHEWN?
- No single letter can be added to SHEWN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHEWN:
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