/soʊ/
verb

Is SEW a Scrabble word?

Yes. SEW is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.

    “I sewed a button on.”

  2. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.

  3. Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.

    “to sew money into a bag”

  4. Of a ship, to be grounded.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English sewen, sowen, from Old English siwian, seowian, seowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”).

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SEW at a glance

SEW has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + W 4) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #15,830 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -SEW

More endings

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

  • RESEW8
  • OVERSEW13
  • UNSEW8
  • ENSEW8
  • HERONSEW14
  • POURSEW12
  • PURSEW11

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