Unscramble YEW and you have 6 words, YEW itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. YEW has 2 anagrams here, WEY and WYE, scoring 9 like YEW itself. The 3 letters split into 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from YEW by length: 3 with 3 letters and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of YEW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with Y · ending in W · all 3-letter words
YEW first, then short meanings for the 4 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. YEW is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEW itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 6) | 5 | 6 | 4 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WEY. Not in Words With Friends*: EW.
With one more tile, the letters of YEW spell the words below.