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Is slew a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word slew is a Scrabble US word. The word slew is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1L1E1W4

Is slew a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word slew is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1L1E1W4

Is slew a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word slew is a Words With Friends word. The word slew is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1L2E1W4

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4-letter words (2 found)

SLEW,WELS,

3-letter words (5 found)

ELS,LES,LEW,SEL,SEW,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,ES,EW,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from slew according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of slew

slew lsew selw eslw lesw elsw slwe lswe swle wsle lwse wlse sewl eswl swel wsel ewsl wesl lews elws lwes wles ewls wels

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

Definitions and meaning of slew

slew

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sl(j)uː/
  • (Wales, Northern England, some New England, Southern American, and Canadian) IPA(key): /slɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.

Noun

slew (plural slews)

  1. The act, or process of slewing.
  2. A device used for slewing.
  3. A change of position.
Translations

Verb

slew (third-person singular simple present slews, present participle slewing, simple past and past participle slewed)

  1. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
  2. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
  3. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
  4. (intransitive) To pivot.
  5. (intransitive) To skid.
  6. (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
  7. (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare slough.

Noun

slew (plural slews)

  1. A wet place; a river inlet.

Etymology 3

Ablaut of slay, from Middle English slew, sleugh, past of Middle English sleen. Replaced earlier Middle English slough, slogh, from Old English slōg (past of Old English slēan (“to hit, strike, slay”)), due to the influence of knew, drew, etc. More at slay.

Verb

slew

  1. simple past of slay

See also

  • slain

References

  • slay, v.1, in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Irish slua (“crowd”), from Old Irish slúag, slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos (“troop, army”), from Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰos, *slowgos (“entourage”).

Noun

slew (plural slews)

  1. (US) A large amount.
Translations
See also
  • onslaught

References

  • “slew”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • ESWL, lews, wels

Source: wiktionary.org