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Is tew a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tew a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1E1W4

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Yes. The word tew is a Words With Friends word. The word tew is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (3 found)

EWT,TEW,WET,

2-letter words (4 found)

ET,EW,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from tew according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tew

tew

Translingual

Symbol

tew

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tewa.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tewa terms

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English tewen, a variant of tawen (“to taw, prepare”). More at taw.

Alternative forms

  • tue

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tjuː/, /tuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

tew (plural tews)

  1. (obsolete) Prep work; labour.
  2. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Trouble; worry.
  3. (dialectal, US) Constant work; bustling; worry, excitement.

Verb

tew (third-person singular simple present tews, present participle tewing, simple past and past participle tewed)

  1. To tow along, as a vessel.
  2. To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.
  3. (by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  4. To muddle; to mix up.
  5. To work at or worry.
  6. To harangue or argue with.
  7. (UK, Scotland, obsolete, dialect) To tease; to vex or worry.
  8. To work hard; to strive.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English *tewe, *teoȝ, from Old English *tēog (“utensil, tackle, rigging”), from Proto-West Germanic *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“gear, utensil”). If so, then cognate with West Frisian túch (“rigging, tackle”), Dutch tuig (“rigging, tackle”), German Zeug (“equipment, stuff”). More at toy.

Noun

tew (plural tews)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Fishing tackle; a rope or chain for towing a boat; a net.
  2. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A cord; a string.

Etymology 3

Adverb

tew (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of too

Anagrams

  • ewt, wet

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *teɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus. Cognate with Welsh tew and Breton tev.

Adjective

tew

  1. fat
  2. thick
  3. dense
  4. bulky

Mutation

Numeral

tew

  1. hard mutation of dew
  2. mixed mutation of dew

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Noun

tew

  1. oil, petrol

K'iche'

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teːʋ/, /teːʍ/, /teːw/

Adjective

tew

  1. cold

Noun

tew

  1. cold
  2. frost
  3. chills
  4. nervousness
  5. jitters

Related terms

References

  • Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary
  • Proyecto Lingüístico "Francisco Marroquín", 2005 Diccionario K'iche'

Scots

Preposition

tew

  1. to

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *teɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /teːu̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /tɛu̯/

Adjective

tew (feminine singular tew, plural tewion, equative tewed, comparative tewach, superlative tewaf)

  1. thick, fat

Derived terms

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yurok

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tew/

Noun

tew

  1. truncated form of tewon

Source: wiktionary.org