Yes. AWEE is a valid word.
AWEE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AWEE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AWEE
AWEE is a Scots word meaning a little while; it is an adverb, so it has no plural. It is A plus WEE, the Scots word for small, and that makes it a front hook: if WEE is on the board, an A in front makes AWEE. It clears an A and two E tiles with a 4-point W.
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AWEE scores 7 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + W 4 + E 1 + E 1 = 7. On a double-word square that's 14, on a triple-word 21, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AWEE as the first play
Later in the game, put the W on a 3L square and AWEE is worth 15 before any word bonus.
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AWEE and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, W, E and E.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
AWEE + V
- WEAVEinterlace by or as if by weaving
Memory tip
AWEE is Scots for a little while, as in “wait awee”.
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