Is SMEWS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMEWS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SMEWS worth?

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

What letters can be added to SMEWS?

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

SMEWS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points

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

s1m3e1w4s1

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

10points in Scrabble

11points in Words with Friends

5letters

0hooks available

1 in 261,415odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SMEWS?

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: 30 / 100

30WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.8%

Our own measure of how useful SMEWS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SMEWS

No single letter turns SMEWS into another word.

How SMEWS scores

Scrabble s1m3e1w4s1 10

Words with Friends s1m4e1w4s1 11

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

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
m	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 SMEWS

SMEWS 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 SMEWS

transmews14

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

Shorter words from the letters in SMEWS

mews9 smew9 wems9 sews7 mess6 mew8 wem8 sew6 ems5 mes5 ess3 ses3 ew5 we5 em4 me4 es2

Common questions about SMEWS

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

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

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