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Is chew a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chew is a Scrabble US word. The word chew is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3H4E1W4

Is chew a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chew is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3H4E1W4

Is chew a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word chew is a Words With Friends word. The word chew is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4H3E1W4

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4-letter words (1 found)

CHEW,

3-letter words (3 found)

CHE,ECH,HEW,

2-letter words (5 found)

CH,EH,EW,HE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from chew according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of chew

chew hcew cehw echw hecw ehcw chwe hcwe cwhe wche hwce whce cewh ecwh cweh wceh ewch wech hewc ehwc hwec whec ewhc wehc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word chew. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in chew.

Definitions and meaning of chew

chew

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tʃuː/
  • (Wales, Canada) IPA(key): /tʃɪʊ̯/
  • (US, Canada) enPR: cho͞o, IPA(key): /t͡ʃ(j)u/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From Middle English chewen, from Old English ċēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with West Frisian kôgje, Low German käwwen, Dutch kauwen, German kauen; also Latin gingīva (“gums”), Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“to eat”), Polish żuć (“to chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto ژول (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”).

Verb

chew (third-person singular simple present chews, present participle chewing, simple past chewed, past participle chewed or (rare) chewn)

  1. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
    • 1971-79, Journal of Glenn T. Seaborg
      And gruesome they areː We find cattle still alive with hindquarters chewn off, still alive with their eyes chewn out, their ears chewn off, their noses and faces chewn till they look like (a) Hamburger, their tails hanging in shreds. Or, we find them after a slow and cruel death. Can you understand why cattlemen will shoot YOUR dog if he is seen wandering on ranchland?
  2. To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
  3. (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
Synonyms
  • (crush food with teeth prior to swallowing): bite, chavel, chomp, crunch, masticate
  • (degrade or demolish as if with teeth): grind, pulverize, rip, shred, tear
  • (think about): contemplate, ruminate, mull, muse, ponder
  • See also Thesaurus:ponder
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Pennsylvania German: tschaae
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English chew, cheu, icheu, from Old English *ċēaw, *ġeċēaw (“chewing”), from Proto-West Germanic *kauw, *gakauw (“chewing”), from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch kauw (“chewing”), Dutch gekauw (“chewing”), West Frisian gekau (“chewing”).

Noun

chew (countable and uncountable, plural chews)

  1. The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
  2. Level of chewiness.
  3. A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
  4. (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
  5. (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
  6. (uncountable, informal) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
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See also

  • pa chew cheng

Source: wiktionary.org