/wi/
pronoundeterminer

Is WE a Scrabble word?

Yes. WE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).

Pronoun 4 meanings

  1. Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).

    “We are here to arrest you.”

  2. The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

    “We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.”

  3. Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.

    “I went to watch our school football match against Puddletown High. We lost 2-0.”

  4. People in general.

    “We live and learn.”

Determiner 1 meaning

  1. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.

    “We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.”

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”).

Similar and opposite words

Opposite
they

WE at a glance

WE has 2 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #29 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

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