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Is ew a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ew is a Scrabble US word. The word ew is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ew is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

E1W4

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EW,WE,

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Definitions and meaning of ew

ew

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.

Alternative forms

  • eww, euw, ieuw, ehw

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiː.uː/, /iːu̯/, /(j)ɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

ew (with as many extra ‘e’s and/or ‘w’s as needed for emphasis)

  1. Expression of disgust or nausea.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yuck
Derived terms
Related terms
  • pew
Translations

Verb

ew (third-person singular simple present ews, present participle ewwing, simple past and past participle ewwed)

  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, rare) To express disgust (at someone or something) by saying ew.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ew

  1. Obsolete spelling of yew.

Further reading

  • James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Ew”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356, column 1.

Anagrams

  • WE, w/e, we

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *eka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óykos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ew/

Numeral

ew

  1. one

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • u, iw, iv, eev, hw, ewe

Etymology

From Old English īw, ēow, from Proto-West Germanic *īhu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iu̯/, /jiu̯/

Noun

ew

  1. yew (Taxus baccata)
  2. yew wood

Descendants

  • English: yew
  • Scots: yew, ewe
  • Yola: yew

References

  • “eu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

Mokilese

Etymology

e- (“one”) +‎ -w (general numeral classifier)

Numeral

ew

  1. the numeral one

Usage notes

Ew is the general form of the numeral one, used for general counting and to describe the number of inanimate objects that are not considered long or pieces of other nouns.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æw/

Pronoun

ew (he) (she)

ew (they)

ew (masculine oblique singular wî, feminine oblique singular wê, oblique plural wan)

  1. he, she, it, they

See also

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *eka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óykos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈew/

Numeral

ew (Nisheigram)

  1. one

References


Source: wiktionary.org