YEWEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. YEWEN 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YEWEN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YEWEN is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YEWEN
No single letter turns YEWEN into another word.
How YEWEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YEWEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does YEWEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Made of yew wood, especially describing a bow carved from it.
Yew was the wood of choice for the English longbow because of its combination of flexible sapwood and stiff heartwood, and yewen was the old adjective for anything shaped from it. A yewen bow in a medieval account is one made of that particular timber rather than ash or elm, a detail that mattered to archers who prized the wood above all others.
How YEWEN is used
Archaic; appears in older writing about archery and woodworking, rarely elsewhere.
- The archer carried a yewen bow taller than himself.
- Craftsmen sought yewen staves that had seasoned for years.
- The old inventory lists three yewen bows among the household weapons.
- A yewen shaft bends and springs back without splitting.
- The museum case holds a yewen bow recovered from the wreck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YEWEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YEWEN
The 5 tiles of YEWEN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in YEWEN
Common questions about YEWEN
- Is YEWEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YEWEN is not in it.
- How many points is YEWEN worth?
- YEWEN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YEWEN mean?
- Made of yew wood, especially describing a bow carved from it.
- What letters can be added to YEWEN?
- No single letter can be added to YEWEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YEWEN:
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