Unscramble SMEW to get 13 words. SMEW itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: MEWS and WEMS. MEW and WEM are the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SMEW by length: 3 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Trade one tile of SMEW for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 4-letter words: starting with SM · ending in W · all 4-letter words
SMEW first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SMEW, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMEW itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 13) | 11 | 13 | 9 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
2 of the 13 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WEMS and WEM. 2 of the 13 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EW and MES.
These 6 words take every letter of SMEW plus a single extra one.