TREW is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. TREW is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TREW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TREW is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TREW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TREW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TREW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does TREW mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
An old spelling of true, meaning honest, faithful, or accurate.
Trew appears in Middle and early Modern English texts as a variant spelling of true, before English spelling settled into its modern forms. Writers such as Spenser used trew for anything faithful or genuine, from a trew knight to a trew tale.
How TREW is used
Archaic; modern English uses true.
- The poem calls him a trew and gentle knight.
- She swore the story was every word trew.
- A trew friend stands by you in hard times.
- The old charter names him a trew and loyal subject.
- He kept his trew love waiting many years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TREW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TREW
The 4 tiles of TREW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TREW
3 longer words begin with TREW.
Words ending in TREW
3 words end in TREW. Useful as a back hook: play TREW onto a word already on the board.
Words with TREW inside
24 words contain TREW in the middle. Words that start with TREW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TREW
Common questions about TREW
- Is TREW valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TREW is not in it.
- How many points is TREW worth?
- TREW is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TREW mean?
- An old spelling of true, meaning honest, faithful, or accurate.
- What letters can be added to TREW?
- TREW takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TREW:
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