THEW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. THEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THEW?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THEW is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THEW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THEW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in THEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does THEW mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Muscle or bodily strength.
Thew is archaic and nearly always plural, and it survives in writing that wants an epic tone. It once meant a custom or a habit, and how it came to mean muscle is not understood.
How THEW is used
Usually plural: thews. Archaic and literary.
- A hero with thews is a hero in a certain kind of book.
- The word thew once meant a custom.
- Nobody knows how thew came to mean muscle.
- Thews and sinews is the phrase that keeps the word alive.
- A thew in the singular is rarer than the plural.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THEW
The 4 tiles of THEW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THEW
7 longer words begin with THEW.
Shorter words from the letters in THEW
Common questions about THEW
- Is THEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THEW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THEW worth?
- THEW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THEW mean?
- Muscle or bodily strength.
- What letters can be added to THEW?
- THEW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of THEW:
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