YEW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YEW?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEW is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yewsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YEW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What stands out about YEW
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YEW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dark evergreen tree with red berries and poisonous leaves.
The yew grows so slowly and lives so long that some in English churchyards were old before the church was built, which is the usual explanation for why they stand there. Every part of it is poisonous except the red flesh around the seed, and the wood made the longbow.
How YEW is used
Countable: a yew, two yews.
- The yew in that churchyard is older than the tower.
- A yew hedge takes twenty years and lasts four hundred.
- Cattle die from yew clippings thrown over a fence.
- The longbow was made of yew and imported by the shipload.
- Two yews flank the gate and always have.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YEW
The 3 tiles of YEW in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with YEW
2 longer words begin with YEW.
Words with YEW inside
17 words contain YEW in the middle. Words that start with YEW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YEW
Common questions about YEW
- Is YEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YEW, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YEW worth?
- YEW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEW mean?
- A dark evergreen tree with red berries and poisonous leaves.
- What letters can be added to YEW?
- YEW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YEW:
Open YEW in the Word Finder