Is “New” a Scrabble word?
Yes
NEW
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of New
/njʉː/
noun
1.Things that are new.
“Out with the old, in with the new.”
2.A kind of light beer.
3.A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
verb
1.To make new; to recreate; to renew.
adjective
1.Recently made, or created.
“This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.”
2.Additional; recently discovered.
“We turned up some new evidence from the old files.”
3.Current or later, as opposed to former.
“My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.”
Synonyms: recent, current, brand new, mint, pristine, spanking
adverb
1.Newly (especially in composition).
“new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown”
2.As new; from scratch.
“They are scraping the site clean to build new.”