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Is eschew a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eschew is a Scrabble US word. The word eschew is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

E1S1C3H4E1W4

Is eschew a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eschew is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

E1S1C3H4E1W4

Is eschew a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eschew is a Words With Friends word. The word eschew is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1S1C4H3E1W4

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6-letter words (1 found)

ESCHEW,

5-letter words (2 found)

CHEWS,ECHES,

4-letter words (11 found)

CEES,CHEW,ECHE,EECH,EWES,HEWS,SECH,SHEW,SWEE,WEES,WHEE,

3-letter words (13 found)

CEE,CHE,ECH,EEW,EHS,EWE,HES,HEW,SEC,SEE,SEW,SHE,WEE,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,EE,EH,ES,EW,HE,SH,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from eschew according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eschew

eschew

Etymology

From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a doublet of skew.

For the pronunciation with /ʃ/, compare the development of marshal from Middle English marschal (/marsˈt͡ʃaːl/) or Middle English myssheve, variant of myschef (“hardship”). Variants in /sk/ are either from unattested Middle English *eskewen (from Old Northern French eskiver; compare skew) or are spelling pronunciations.

See also French esquiver.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɪsˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɪʃˈt͡ʃuː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛsˈt͡ʃu/, /ɪsˈt͡ʃu/, /ɛsˈt͡ʃju/
    (US, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /ɛˈʃu/, /ɪˈʃu/ or /ɛˈskju/
    Garner's Modern American Usage prefers /s.t͡ʃ/, proscribes /ʃ/, and does not recognize /sk/.
  • Rhymes: -uː

Verb

eschew (third-person singular simple present eschews, present participle eschewing, simple past and past participle eschewed)

  1. (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

Usage notes

  • The verb eschew is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible.

Derived terms

  • eschewable
  • eschewment
  • umbeschew
  • uneschewable

Related terms

  • shy

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Schewe, Wesche

Source: wiktionary.org