Is DEW a Scrabble word?
Yes. DEW is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
Noun 4 meanings
Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
“There was a heavy dew this morning.”
Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
Verb 2 meanings
To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
To deposit dew.
Etymology
From Middle English dew, from Old English dēaw (“dew”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou. Doublet of dag.
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DEW at a glance
DEW has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + W 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #14,262 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -DEW
More endings- MILDEW12
- HONEYDEW18
- SUNDEW10
- BEDEW11
- ENDEW9
- INDEW9
- SUBDEW12
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