/wiː/
adjectivenounverbinterjection

Is WEE a Scrabble word?

Yes. WEE 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 A short time or short distance.

Adjective 1 meaning

  1. Small, little.

    “You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.”

Noun 3 meanings

  1. A short time or short distance.

  2. Urine.

  3. An act of urination.

    “I need to have a wee.”

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To urinate.

    “I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!”

Interjection 1 meaning

  1. The squeal of a pig.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).

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WEE at a glance

WEE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #8,608 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -WEE

More endings

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

  • INTERVIEWEE17
  • TWEE7
  • PEEWEE11
  • SWEE7
  • WOWEE11
  • PEWEE10
  • WEEWEE12
  • DRAWEE10
  • ZOWEE17
  • AWEE7
  • ETWEE8
  • NGWEE9

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