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CHEWS

5 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What CHEWS Means

CHEWS is a form of CHEW, which means:

  1. noun: a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  2. noun: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
  3. verb: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth“He jawed his bubble gum”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHEWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 E1 W4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CHEWS

18 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing CHEWS

CHEWS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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