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Is screwy a Scrabble word?

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

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Is screwy a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is screwy a Words With Friends word?

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

S1C4R1E1W4Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

SCREWY,

5-letter words (2 found)

CREWS,SCREW,

4-letter words (11 found)

CREW,RECS,REWS,RYES,SCRY,SCYE,SWEY,SYCE,WEYS,WYES,YEWS,

3-letter words (18 found)

CRY,ERS,REC,RES,REW,RYE,SEC,SER,SEW,SEY,SWY,SYE,WEY,WRY,WYE,YER,YES,YEW,

2-letter words (6 found)

ER,ES,EW,RE,WE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from screwy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of screwy

screwy

Etymology

screw +‎ -y. 1820, original meaning “tipsy, slightly drunk”; meaning “crazy, ridiculous” first recorded 1887.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɹuː.i/
  • Rhymes: -uːi

Adjective

screwy (comparative screwier or more screwy, superlative screwiest or most screwy)

  1. (informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane
  2. (archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk
  3. (archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
  4. (archaic) Worthless.

Quotations

  • 1840, Hal of the West. Brilliant run with the Puckeridge hounds. The Sporting Magazine. March, 1840. Vol XX, No 119. p383
    " I saw my hearty out of the yard, with his pink peeping out of his Macintosh, on his screwy old black horse, and I heard from my fair waiter that he had been vaunting that he would lick us all into fits."
  • 1877, Edward Peacock, English Dialect Society. A glossary of words used in the wapentakes of Manley and Corringham. London: Trubner & Co. 1877. p120
    "Screwy [skroo'i], adj. mean ; stingy ; parsimonious. Alto, slightly intoxicated."

Related terms

  • have a screw loose
  • screwball
  • screw up

Source: wiktionary.org