Is SHEWS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHEWS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SHEWS worth?

SHEWS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SHEWS?

No single letter can be added to SHEWS to make another word.

SHEWS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points

Yes. SHEWS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

s1h4e1w4s1

PlayableSHEWS · 5 letters · 11 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

11points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

5letters

0hooks available

1 in 261,415odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SHEWS?

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

31WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.2

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.8%

Our own measure of how useful SHEWS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SHEWS

No single letter turns SHEWS into another word.

How SHEWS scores

Scrabble s1h4e1w4s1 11

Words with Friends s1h3e1w4s1 10

Face value of the 5 tiles in SHEWS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
h	1	2
e	1	12
w	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.

What stands out about SHEWS

SHEWS begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words ending in SHEWS

cashews15 foreshews18

2 words end in SHEWS. Useful as a back hook: play SHEWS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in SHEWS

hews10 shew10 sesh7 sews7 shes7 hew9 ehs6 hes6 sew6 she6 ess3 ses3 eh5 ew5 he5 sh5 we5 es2

Common questions about SHEWS

Is SHEWS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHEWS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SHEWS worth?: SHEWS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SHEWS?: No single letter can be added to SHEWS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHEWS:

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