What SLEW Means
- verb: turn sharply; change direction abruptly“The car cut to the left at the intersection”
- verb: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner“the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”
- noun: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SLEW is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 L1 E1 W4.
Anagrams of SLEW (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SLEW
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 (5)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing SLEW
SLEW appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.