Is FEW a Scrabble word?
Yes. FEW is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.
Meaning An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
Determiner 4 meanings
An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
“There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.”
Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
“Very few did she have not to go there, did she?”
Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
“Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.”
(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
Pronoun 1 meaning
Few people, few things.
“Many are called, but few are chosen.”
Etymology
From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”).
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FEW at a glance
FEW has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (F 4 + E 1 + W 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #213 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -FEW
More endings- CURFEW14
- FEVERFEW20
- FLAMFEW18
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