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Is ewe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ewe is a Scrabble US word. The word ewe is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is ewe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ewe is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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You can make 7 words from 'ewe' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'ewe'

EEW 6EWE 6
WEE 6 

2 letters words from 'ewe'

EE 2EW 5
WE 5 

All 3 letters words made out of ewe

ewe wee eew eew wee ewe

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

Definitions and meaning of ewe

ewe

Etymology

From Middle English ewe, from Old English ēowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz (compare Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) (compare Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avìs (“ewe”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juː/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /joː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: eau, u, yew, you (in almost all dialects)
  • Homophone: yo (Ireland)
  • Homophones: hew, hue, Hugh (in h-dropping dialects)

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

  1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
    Antonym: ram

Synonyms

  • yowe, yeo, yoe, yow (archaic, dialectal, Britain, Scotland)

Translations

See also

  • hog
  • ram
  • shearling
  • teg
  • wether

Anagrams

  • eew, wee

Chuukese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eweɪ/

Article

ewe (plural ekkewe)

  1. the (singular)

Usage notes

When used with a possessive, the word used is we.

Finnish

Noun

ewe

  1. Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)
  2. Ewe (language)
  3. Used also adjectivally with a hyphen or in genitive plural
    ewe-kulttuuri; ewejen kulttuuri
    Ewe culture
    ewe-kansa
    Ewe people
    ewejen kieli
    Ewe language
  4. In plural (ewet), the Ewe (ethnic group)

Declension

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”).

Noun

êwe f

  1. era
  2. eternity
  3. moral law
  4. nature

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

  • êeu

Descendants

  • Dutch: eeuw
    • Afrikaans: eeu
  • Limburgish: ieuw

Further reading

  • “ewe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ewe”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ēowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Alternative forms

  • awe, ouwe, eu, yowe, yeue

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiu̯(ə)/, /ˈjiu̯(ə)/
  • Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)

Noun

ewe (plural ewen)

  1. ewe (female sheep)
Descendants
  • English: ewe
  • Scots: yowe, yhow
References
  • “eue (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

Etymology 2

Noun

ewe

  1. Alternative form of ew

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • ē

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, akin to Old English ǣ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.wə/

Noun

ēwe ?

  1. law
  2. eternity
  3. marriage

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
  • German: (Ehe)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • iaue, egua, euwe

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”).

Noun

ewe f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)

  1. water

Descendants

  • Middle French: eau, eaue
    • French: eau

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German eban. Compare German eben, Dutch even, English even.

Adjective

ewe

  1. even
  2. level

Swedish

Noun

ewe c

  1. Ewe (language)

Tocharian B

Noun

ewe ?

  1. skin, hide

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eːwé]

Adverb

ewé

  1. yes

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a female sheep.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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