How many words with MEW are there?

This page lists 42 words with MEW from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

Are these words valid in official Scrabble play?

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Words With MEW

All 42 words in our dictionary that contain MEW — sorted by Scrabble score.

42 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

blameworthiness25 blameworthy24 frameworks22 somewhither22 framework21 homeworks21 homework20 timeworkers20 timeworker19 homewards18 somewheres18 timeworks18 homeward17 somewhats17 somewhere17 timework17 someways16 somewhat16 somewhen16 dameworts15 limewaters15 someway15 damewort14 limewater14 unmewing14 mewling13 somewise13 timeworn13 unmewed13 mewing12 mewled12 mewlers12 mewed11 mewler11 unmews11 mewls10 smews10 unmew10 mewl9 mews9 smew9 mew8

Why MEW words matter

Words containing MEW are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

A quick statistical tour

The shape of this list: 42 entries between 3 and 15 letters long, peaking at 8 letters with 10 words. Five-letter picks number 4 and seven-letter picks 4. Nothing here outscores BLAMEWORTHINESS — 25 points from 15 tiles on plain squares.

For quick reference, the top of the score table reads: BLAMEWORTHINESS (25), BLAMEWORTHY (24), FRAMEWORKS (22), SOMEWHITHER (22), FRAMEWORK (21). BLAMEWORTHINESS (15 letters) stretches furthest, while the list-wide average score sits near 15 points. The most useful tiles to hold for this list are M, W and E, which appear in 42, 42 and 42 of the words respectively.

Start with these three

MEWLER is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 11 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
When the rack looks hopeless, UNMEWS (6 letters, 11 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.
Playing MEWLS across a double-word square turns its base 10 points into 20 — solid value for 5 tiles.

Round out your set with SMEWS (10), UNMEW (10), MEWING (12), MEWLED (12), MEWED (11) — all built from common tiles.

MEW as a vocabulary shortcut

Letter chunks like MEW are how vocabulary compounds: learn the pattern once and every word built on it gets easier to recall and to spell. Read down this list and you will see the same rhythm repeat across lengths — that repetition is exactly what makes these words stick for spelling bees, ESL study and crossword pattern-matching alike.

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