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/hjuː/
verb

Is HEW a Scrabble word?

Yes. HEW is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

  2. To shape; to form.

    “to hew out a sepulchre”

  3. To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: hew via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to strike, hew, forge”).

HEW at a glance

HEW has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + W 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #44,718 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HEW

More endings

Same last three letters as HEW. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • NEPHEW14
  • CHEW12
  • WHEW13
  • PHEW12
  • CASHEW14
  • ESCHEW14
  • SHEW10
  • THEW10
  • GRANDNEPHEW21
  • MORPHEW17
  • FITCHEW18
  • CLERIHEW16

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