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Is lew a Scrabble word?

Yes, lew is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends No

What is the meaning of lew?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.Examples: "...þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde wᵗ þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme..."Scotlandobsolete

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Sunny; warm.obsolete

2. (dialect) Lukewarm, tepid.dialectal

3. (dialect) Alee: protected from the wind.Examples: "Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss."; "His house... was ‘loo’ from the cold north winds."dialectal

noun (English)

1. (now Scotland) Warmth, heat.Examples: "To th' end a fruitfull lew May euerie Climate in his time renew."Scotland

2. (dialect) A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.Examples: "Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind."; "Lew, a thatched hurdle, supported by sticks, and set up in a field to screen lambs, etc. from the wind."dialectal

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To make warm or lukewarm.transitive

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm.intransitiveobsolete

3. (transitive) To shelter from the wind.Examples: "Lew... Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown."transitive

intj (English)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.Examples: "hence bot a litill / she commys, lew, lew! / shy bryngys in her bill / som novels new; / Behald! / It is of an olif tre / A branch, thynkys me."alt-ofalternativeobsolete

verb (English)

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.Examples: "Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce."alt-ofalternativedialectaltransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "lew"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "lew"?

Scrabble
6 points
L1
E1
W4
Words With Friends
7 points
L2
E1
W4

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