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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:

T1E1W4

Is tew a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1E1W4

Is tew a Words With Friends word?

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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Valid words made from Tew

You can make 8 words from 'tew' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'tew'

EWT 6TEW 6
WET 6 

2 letters words from 'tew'

ET 2EW 5
TE 2WE 5

All 3 letters words made out of tew

tew etw twe wte ewt wet

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

Definitions and meaning of tew

tew

Alternative forms

  • tue

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tjuː/, /tuː/

Noun

tew (plural tews)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A rope or chain for towing a boat.
  2. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A cord; a string.
  3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Trouble; worry.

Verb

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

  1. To tow along, as a vessel.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 12 p. 197[1]:
      By which the Danes had then their full-fraught Navies tew’d:
  2. To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.
  3. (by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  4. To pull about; to maul.
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)(Britain, Scotland, obsolete, dialect) To tease; to vex.
  6. To work hard; to strive.

Anagrams

  • ewt, wet

Cornish

Numeral

tew

  1. Hard mutation of dew.
  2. Mixed mutation of dew.

K'iche'

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰeːʋ/

Adjective

tew

  1. cold

Noun

tew

  1. cold
  2. frost
  3. chills

Related terms

  • abäj tew (“frost; ice; snow”)
  • ch’aqi’ tew (“malaria”)
  • ja’ tew (“frozen”)
  • kowirik r-umal tew (“to freeze”)
  • q’osibal tew (“cold (illness)”)
  • räx tew (“malaria”)
  • saq tew (“frost; snow”)
  • tewal (“coldness; chilliness”)

References

  • Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Noun

tew

  1. oil

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

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org
  • TEUTONIZE, to render German.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)