Definition of yew

"yew" in the noun sense

1. yew

wood of a yew especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

2. yew

any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

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Quotations for yew

A little garden square and walled;
And in it throve an ancient evergreen,
A yew-tree, and all round it ran a walk
Of shingle, and a walk divided it. [ Tennyson ]

The mourner yew and builder oak were there. [ Dryden ]

Slips of yew, silvered in the moon's eclipse. [ William Shakespeare ]

Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade,
Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,
Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. [ Gray ]

yew in Scrabble®

The word yew is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters yew:

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The 46 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In yew

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yew in Words With Friends™

The word yew is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters yew:

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The 48 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In yew

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Words within the letters of yew

2 letter words in yew (2 words)

3 letter words in yew (Anagrams) (2 words)

yew + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence yew

Words that start with yew (2 words)

Words that end with yew (1 word)

Word Growth involving yew

Shorter words in yew

ye

Longer words containing yew

dyeware dyewares

dyeweed dyeweeds

dyewood dyewoods

dyework dyeworks

eyewall

eyewash eyewashes

eyewear

eyewink eyewinked

eyewink eyewinker eyewinkers

eyewink eyewinking

eyewink eyewinks

eyewitness eyewitnesses

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