Is YEW a Scrabble word?
Yes. YEW 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.
Meaning A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
Noun 4 meanings
A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus:
The wood of such trees.
Adjective 1 meaning
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
Etymology
From Middle English ew, from Old English īw, ēow, [both cognates of Welsh yw (“yews”), Irish eo, Old Irish eó respectively]; although the Old English form was conjectured to be from Proto-West Germanic *īhu, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.
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YEW at a glance
YEW has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (Y 4 + E 1 + W 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #27,330 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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