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SMEWS

5 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SMEWS Means

SMEWS is a form of SMEW, which means:

  1. noun: smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SMEWS 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 S1 M3 E1 W4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SMEWS

15 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 (5)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing SMEWS

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

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