Definitions for thews

thews thew

Spelling: [thyoo]
IPA: /θyu/

Thews is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in thews (ehstw).

Definitions for thews

noun

  1. Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
  2. thews, physical strength.

Origin of thews

before 900; Middle English; Old English thēaw custom, usage; cognate with Old High German thau (later dau) discipline; akin to Latin tuērī to watch

Examples for thews

Hath he no the smooth face o' a bairn and the thews' o' Behemoth?'

The expression upon his face showed that his will was as strong as his thews and sinews.

When your thews are grown it will not be on thuribles they'll spend their strength, or I'm a liar else.

Another large class, the thews, were the absolute property of their owners.

And the King thought he had mightily grown in stature and thews.

He was a boy; they were reckless giants with thews and legs of iron.

Your thews and sinews justify me perfectly—and so, I must say, does your manner of speech.

None could find fault with their thews and sinews, and as for their spirit, it is for us to see it does not fail.

thews and sinews are theirs, and an intimate knowledge of the woods.

The brawny Arab shoulders were bent and their thews tightened.

Word Value for thews
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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