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/ˈmjuː/
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Is MEW a Scrabble word?

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

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Meaning A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.

  2. A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.

  3. The crying sound of a cat; a meow, especially of a kitten.

  4. The crying sound of a gull or buzzard.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To moult.

    “The hawk mewed his feathers.”

  2. To meow.

  3. To make its cry.

Interjection 2 meanings

  1. A cat's (especially a kitten's) cry.

  2. A gull's or buzzard's cry.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).

MEW at a glance

MEW has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + W 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #28,185 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -MEW

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

  • SMEW9
  • EMMEW12
  • ENMEW10
  • IMMEW12
  • TRANSMEW13
  • UNMEW10

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