Yes. WE is a valid word.
WE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
WE 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 WE
WE is everyday. It is one of the few two-letter homes for the 4-point W, along with AW, OW and WO, and it hooks into WEB, WED, WEE, WEN and WET.
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WE scores 5 points
Before any bonus squares: W 4 + E 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: WE as the first play
Later in the game, put the W on a 3L square and WE is worth 13 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of WE (3):
After WE (5):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from WE
Words that start with WE:
- WEAKwanting in physical strength
- WEALa raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip)
- WEANgradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
- WEARbe dressed in
- WEBSform of WEB: an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- WEDSform of WED: take in marriage
- WEEDform of WEE: (used informally) very small
- WEEKany period of seven consecutive days
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of WE and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of WE:
- EWexpressing disgust
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
WE + B
- WEBan intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
WE + D
WE + F
- FEWa quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'
WE + H
- HEWmake or shape as with an axe
WE + M
- MEWcry like a cat
WE + N
- NEWnot of long duration
Memory tip
WE is everyday. Add a B for WEB, a D for WED, an E for WEE or a T for WET.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with W
Check words at the table, free
Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.