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FEWS

4 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What FEWS Means

FEWS is a form of FEW, which means:

  1. noun: a small elite group“it was designed for the discriminating few”
  2. adjective: a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by ‘a’; a small but indefinite number“a few weeks ago”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FEWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 E1 W4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FEWS

8 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.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing FEWS

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

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