What does YEW mean?
YEW is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
- Pronunciation
- /ju/
- Letters
- 3
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Words With Friends score
- 8
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
noun
- wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
- any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
yews10
Anagrams of YEW
Words inside YEW
2 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is YEW a Scrabble word?
YEW is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is YEW worth?
YEW is worth 9 points with Scrabble letter values and 8 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from YEW?
2 other words, including WE and YE.