Drew

Definition: Drew

Drew

Noun

1. United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862).

"Drew" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "manly".

Date "Drew" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Biographical Satire	DREW, John, prehistoric American actor. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Drew

Synonym: John Drew (n). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I drew a man who got hurt in the neck by another man with a screwdriver. (The Sixth Sense; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) He drew a unicorn in space. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Hi, I'm your host, Drew Carey, come on down, and let's have some fun! (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; writing credit: Dan Patterson; Mark Leveson) Where, Nancy Drew wants to know where! (Scream 3; writing credit: Ehren Kruger) Yeah, good work Nancy Drew!! (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)
Lyrics	Remember the lines we drew, and the lines we crossed (Above The Clouds; performing artist: Amber) I drew a line; I drew a line for you (Yellow; performing artist: Coldplay) But I drew first blood (Blaze Of Glory; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi) I remember well, the well where I drew water (Coal Miner's Daughter; performing artist: Loretta Lynn) You drew a picture of my morning (Hip-Hop Hooray; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)
Movie/TV Titles	Nancy Drew (2002) The Drew Pearson Show (1952) Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939) They Drew Fire (2000) Leaving Drew (2000)
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Domain	Title
References	Drew Industries Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Drew Scientific Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Not Nice on Ice (Nancy Drew Notebooks, 10) (reference) The Life and Art of George Cruikshank, 1792-1878: The Man Who Drew the Drunkard's Daughter (reference) Dude Ranch Detective (Nancy Drew Notebooks, No 37) (reference) Stolen Affections (Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew Files, Case 105.) (reference) Lost in the Everglades (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 161) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Kennel Murder Case/Nancy Drew Report (reference) Nancy Drew, Reporter (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Delightful Doris Drew (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	DREAMCATCHER Nancy Drew - Message in a Haunted Mansion (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Inside TEKTITE I habitat, used by NASA to study drew performance. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).		Diagonal view of orchestra, proscenium and stage, curtains open. Copy of 1928 photo of completed theater interior, by Canfield and Shook, photographers, courtesy of Drew Eberson, Stamford, Connecticut. (Reproduction Number: HABS, KY,56-LOUVI,17-47) Going to the movies became quite an event in the 1920s. Large, urban motion picture "palaces" originally incorporated all the amenities found in live theaters, even out-doing them in scale and opulence and adding concert hall features such as great electric pipe organs and elaborately decorated lobbies. The Loew's Theatre chain hired nationally-known theater architect John Eberson, who designed this 1928 theater in a Spanish influenced style called Churrigueresque. Credit: Library of Congress.
	U.S. Army Air Forces. Regional Hospital, Drew Field, Tampa, Fla. : Aerial view. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Samuel Drew, M.A. / Painted by J. Moore. Engraved by R. Hicks. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	"Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly U.S.N. painted these pictures of the hurricane at Samoa after his retirement while he lived at 72 Perkins St. West Newton, Massachusetts. I can recall his saying that it was the swift and tremendously strong under tow that was a great factor in keeping the U.S.S. Trenton from pounding down on the sharp reefs as each wave threw her upon them. He also spoke of the spontaneous cheer of the men on the Trenton, as the Calliope drew past and went out to sea." Comments by Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, daughter of Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, concerning the sketches of the Apia hurricane that are contained in his personal journal. Credit: NAVY.		Lady Clemency drew aside the ... Credit: Library of Congress.
	She murmured, the way I drew you here -- by longing -- you can return of yourself, you must take me. Credit: Library of Congress.		After the storm--only a few days after the opening of the Sicilian invasion, the beach near Scoglitti presented this peaceful appearance as an LCI (landing craft infantry) and an amphibious vehicle drew up to deliver and take on loads ... Credit: Library of Congress.
	Main street. Drew, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.		Chamber of Commerce sign. Drew, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton	No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
Edwin Markham	He drew a circle that shut me out. Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win, We drew a circle that took him in.
John Dryden	He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	Though the water running in the fountain be every one's, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out? His labour hath taken it out of the hands of nature, where it was common, and belonged equally to all her children, and hath thereby appropriated it to himself. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Harriet listened, and Emma drew in peace.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	Lady Muriel drew a long breath.
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	The chain he drew was clasped about his middle.
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish	Douglas Adams	Sending them money obviously only drew attention to yourself.
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	As he drew near the town, he took an impression of change from the series of familiar objects that presented themselves.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Javert sat down, drew from his pocket a sheet of stamped paper, and began to write.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Stephen drew back his maimed and quivering right arm and held out his left hand.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Tom drew in his breath quietly.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom, fastening it like a girdle about my middle to hide my nakedness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The injury of actor Christopher Reeve in 1995 drew the nation's attention to the tragedy of spinal cord injury. (references)
Business		On November 4, a demonstration in East Berlin drew as many as 1 million East Germans. (references)
		Emergency capacity addition came in response to a power outage in June 1999 that drew the attention of customers and political leaders. (references)
		This show is a well-attended, international trade exhibition, which grows in size each year. The 1999 exhibition drew over 1,400 exhibitors and 36,000 international visitors. (references)
Civil Liberties	Jordan	The charges stemmed from a book of poems written by Hawamdeh that drew criticism from radical Islamists. (references)
	Germany	The decision drew criticism from the many Islamic organizations not represented by the Islamic Federation. (references)
	Costa Rica	The police disbanded the protests with tear gas and riot gear, which drew complaints of abuse and police brutality. (references)
Economic History	Namibia	Missionary work during the 1800s drew many Namibians to Christianity. (references)
	Democratic Republic of Congo	Mobutu's attempts to quell these groups drew significant international criticism. (references)
	Ecuador	During his short term of office, Bucaram's administration drew criticism for corruption. (references)
Human Rights	Jordan	The groups drew public attention to alleged human rights abuses and a range of other political issues. (references)
	Kenya	Police claimed the seven victims were killed during a shoot-out after they drew their weapons and shot at the police officers trying to arrest them. (references)
	Tunisia	Yahiaoui, who belonged to the body that recommends magistrates for placement and promotion, was suspended without pay on July 14. His claims that the judiciary was not independent and the Government's reaction to the criticism drew considerable attention both within the country and abroad. (references)
Indigenous People	Colombia	They drew the attention of the Government in particular to the paramilitary killing in June of Embera-Katio leader Pedro Alirio Domico, governor of Esmeralda River Indigenous Reserve, Cordoba department, and Alberto Sabugara Velasquez, leader of the Gengaro Indigenous Reserve, Choco department. (references)
Minorities	Belgium	In its 2000 report, the center drew attention to discrimination against non-Belgians in certain categories of public service jobs. (references)
	Ethiopia	This drew protests from groups that reside in Oromiya whose mother tongue is not Oromiffa and who believe that their children are now at a disadvantage. (references)
Political Economy	Western Sahara	As the end of MINURSO's mandate drew near in February 2000, the Secretary General urged a review of the situation. (references)
	Angola	The Government generally complied with its obligations under the protocol, although the conduct of the police and, to a lesser extent, military units in former UNITA areas drew widespread criticism. (references)
Women	Pakistan	During the year, the press reported on hundreds of incidents of violence against women and drew attention to the killings of married women by relatives over dowry or other family-related disputes. (references)
Worker Rights	Dominica	In June the Public Service Workers Union circulated a proposal to create a "congress of unions" as an umbrella organization, but it drew no response from other unions or employee associations. (references)
	Pakistan	The Commission of Inquiry for Women drew attention to the problem of "enforced prostitution and trafficking in women," noting that women are the victims of exploitation by police and pimps, and should be treated with compassion. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones. The devil casting a seine of lace, (With precious stones 'twas weighted) Drew it into the landing place And its contents calculated. All souls of women were in that sack -- A draft miraculous, precious! But ere he could throw it across his back They'd all escaped through the meshes. Baruch de Loppis
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	McAuliffe and several other Democratic Party stalwarts founded what was called Federal City Bank, which drew many of its clients from its own political connections, including labor committees and political action committees.
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"Drew" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 91.47% of the time. "Drew" is used about 5,062 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	91.47%	4,630	2,114
Noun (proper)	8.23%	417	13,597
Lexical Verb (past participle)	0.3%	15	90,616
Total	100.00%	5,062	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Drew" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Drew	First name Female	1,000	3,273
Drew	First name Male	24,000	431
Drew	Last name	9,000	1,301
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Drew" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "manly".

The following table summarizes names related to "Drew."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Andreas	Male	Ancient Greek	Andrew
Ander	Male	Basque	Andrew
Andrew	Male	Biblical	N/A
Andrei	Male	Bulgarian	Andrew
Andrej	Male	Croatian	Andrew
Andrija	Male	Croatian	Andrew
Andrea	Female	Czech	Andrew
Andrej	Male	Czech	Andrew
Ondrej	Male	Czech	Andrew
Andries	Male	Dutch	Andrew
Anderson	Male	English	Andrew
Andra	Female	English	Andrew
Andrea	Female	English	Andrew
Andrew	Male	English	N/A
Andy	Male	English	Andrew
Drew	Male	English	Andrew
Antero	Male	Finnish	Andrew
Antti	Male	Finnish	Andrew
André	Male	French	Andrew
Andrée	Female	French	Andrew
Andrea	Female	German	Andrew
Andreas	Male	German	Andrew
Andreas	Male	Greek	Andrew
András	Male	Hungarian	Andrew
Andris	Male	Hungarian	Andrew
Endre	Male	Hungarian	Andrew
Aindréas	Male	Irish	Andrew
Aindriú	Male	Irish	Andrew
Andrea	Male	Italian	Andrew
Anaru	Male	Maori	Andrew
Andrzej	Male	Polish	Andrew
Jedrzej	Male	Polish	Andrew
André	Male	Portuguese	Andrew
Andreia	Female	Portuguese	Andrew
Andreea	Female	Romanian	Andrew
Andrei	Male	Romanian	Andrew
Andrei	Male	Russian	Andrew
Anders	Male	Scandinavian	Andrew
Andrea	Female	Scandinavian	Andrew
Aindrea	Male	Scottish	Andrew
Dand	Male	Scottish	Andrew
Andrija	Male	Serbian	Andrew
Andrea	Female	Slovak	Andrew
Ondrej	Male	Slovak	Andrew
Andrej	Male	Slovene	Andrew
Andrés	Male	Spanish	Andrew
Andrei	Male	Ukrainian	Andrew
Andras	Male	Welsh	Andrew
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Country	Name	Country	Name
United Kingdom	Drew Scientific Group Plc	USA	Drew Industries Incorporated
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1. Drew, MS (city, FIPS 20020)
Location: 33.80981 N, 90.53042 W
Population (1990): 2349 (877 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 38737
Country: USA

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Expressions: Drew

Expressions using "Drew": Drew County ♦ John Drew. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Drew

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
drew barrymore	5,973	nancy drew game	88
drew barrymore nude	985	cheat drew nancy	85
nancy drew	596	drew mike	78
drew carey	509	charles drew	77
the drew carey show	344	drew bledsoe	69
drew barrymore picture	269	drew berrymore nude	67
drew	263	nancy drew stay tuned for danger	64
drew barrymore naked	255	drew ford	63
drew university	227	drew lachey	61
drew barrymore pic	221	drew barrymore gallery	60
drew fuller	207	nude drew barrymore picture	60
american drew	183	drew barrymore wallpaper	59
griffin drew	162	danger drew nancy stay through tuned walk	57
american drew furniture	150	nancy drew book	57
playboy drew barrymore	121	drew shoes	54
dr drew	117	linzi drew	51
drew henson	115	nancy drew secret can kill	51
drew nancy through walk	111	jd drew	50
drew barrymore nude pic	107	drew posada	50
drew barrymore photo	106	drew barrymore playboy pic	48
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Drew

Language		Translations for "Drew"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏ورق اللعب. (various references)

Bulgarian		теглех. (various references)

Chinese		�"�了. (various references)

Czech		min.èas od draw. (various references)

Danish		Drew-Smythe's Kateter (Drew-Smythe catheter), Drew's metode (Drew method), denne probe trak kun 25 mikroampere ved 25 kilovolt (THIS PROBE DREW ONLY 25 microamperes at 25 kilovolts). (various references)

Dutch		deze meetkop nem bij 25 kV slechts 25 microampère op (THIS PROBE DREW ONLY 25 microamperes at 25 kilovolts). (various references)

Finnish		kuta pitemmälle yö kului (as night drew on). (various references)

French		dessinai, dessinâmes, dessinèrent, dessina. (various references)

German		zog (hauled, pulled), zeichnete. (various references)

Greek		αόρ. του draw. (various references)

Hungarian		húzott (drawn, puckered, puckery, shirred). (various references)

Italian		la sonda consumava soltanto 25 microampere a 25 kV (THIS PROBE DREW ONLY 25 microamperes at 25 kilovolts). (various references)

Korean		당겼다. (various references)

Pig Latin		ewdray

Portuguese		distorcer (distort, draw, wrest), desenhar (chalk, chart, delineate, describe, design, draw, picture), deformar (contort, deform, distort, draw, mangle, strain, warp), traçar (construct, delineate, describe, design, draft, draught, draw, map, plan, scribe, trace), puxar (drag, drag out, draw, hale, haul, lug, pull, to pull, trail, tug, twitch, wiredrawn), passar (blow over, come, draw, dub, elapse, fare, give in, go, go beyond, go by, hand, pass, pass by, rake, rake up, slip away, spend, strop, to pass, to spend, transfer, wear off, wile), obter (accomplish, accrue, achieve, acquire, attain, come to, derive, draw, gain, gather, get, have, make, obtain, pot, procure, pump up, purchase, pursue, reach, receive, secure, to obtain), mover (actuate, budge, clatter, draw, drive, edge, move, propel, push, remove, saw, stir), mostrar (bare, create, demonstrate, denote, designate, develop, discover, display, draw, evince, exert, exhibit, hold up, indicate, intimate, keep up, offer, point out, produce, record, reflect, reveal, set forth, show, show off, show up, signify, to show, turn up, unfold, unmask, wear), extrair (bows, couch, drag out, draw, educe, elicit, excerpt, extract, lug, poke about, pull, pump, take out, winkle out), empatar (break even, draw), conseguir (accrue, attain, come at, draw, effect, enlist, filibeg, gain, get, make, obtain, pick, pick up, pot, procure, purchase, succeed), chamar (appeal to, attract, call, conciliate, court, denominate, draw, hail, invoke, summon, to call), atrair (allure, appeal, attract, bait, charm, court, decoy, drain-away, draw, enlist, entice, fascinate, inveigle, invite, lure, magnetize, rope, to attract, trepan), aspirar (ache, aspirate, aspire, aspire to, breathe, draw, exhaust, hope for, imbibe, inhale, inspire, pump, sniff, yearn). (various references)

Russian		of draw 2., рисовать (depict, depicture, draw, drawn, pencil). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		proš. vreme od draw. (various references)

Spanish		pret de draw. (various references)

Swedish		drog (drug, pulled). (various references)

Thai		กิริยาช่อง 2 ของคำกริยา draw. (various references)

Vietnamese		vật có sức lôi cuốn sự rút thăm (draw, drawn), sức lôi cuốn (allure, alluringness, draw, drawn), sức hấp dẫn (attraction, draw, drawn), sự nỗ lực sức quyến rũ (draw, drawn), sự mở số (draw, drawn), sự kéo (break, draw, drawing, drawn, pluck, pull), sự cố gắng (attempt, draw, drawn, effort, endeavour, smite, smitten, smote, trouble), người có sức quyến rũ (draw, drawn). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Drew

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 23, Verse 54
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai hmera hn paraskeuh kai sabbaton epefwsken
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et dies erat parasceves et sabbatum inlucescebat
Old English	990	West Saxon	And þa wæs se dæg parasceue þæt is gegearwunge: and sæterdæg onlyhte;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And the dai was the euen of the halidai, and the sabat bigan to schyne.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And that daye was ye Saboth even and the Saboth drue on.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Drew

Language	Luke Chapter 23, Verse 54
Cebuano	Adlaw kadto sa Pangandam ug nagsugod na ang adlaw nga igpapahulay.
Croatian	Bijaše dan Priprave; subota je svitala.
Danish	Og det var Beredelsesdag, og Sabbaten stundede til.
Dutch	En het was de dag der voorbereiding, en de sabbat kwam aan.
Finnish	Ja silloin oli valmistuspäivä, ja sapatti oli alkamaisillaan.
French	C`était le jour de la préparation, et le sabbat allait commencer.
German	Und es war der Rüsttag, und der Sabbat brach an.
Hungarian	És az a nap péntek vala, és szombat virrada rá.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Hari itu hari Jumat; dan hari Sabat hampir mulai.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka adalah hari Persediaan, dan hari Sabbat pun sudahlah hampir.
Italian	Era il giorno della parascève e gia splendevano le luci del sabato.
Latvian	Un tâ bija sagatavoðanâs diena, un sabats jau tuvojâs.
Maori	Na ko te ra takanga hakari ia, a meake puao te hapati.
Norwegian	Det var beredelses-dagen, og sabbaten stundet til.
Portuguese	Era o dia da preparação, e ia começar o sábado.
Rumanian	Era ziua Pregqtirii, wi kncepea ziua Sabatului.
Russian	дЕОШ ФПФ �'ЩМ � СФОЙ�"Б, Й ОБУФХ� БМБ УХ�'�'ПФБ.
Shuar	Iwiaratin tsawantai, ayampratin tsawant tsawastatuk ajasmatai Túrunamiayi.
Swahili	Siku hiyo ilikuwa Ijumaa, na maandalio ya siku ya Sabato yalikuwa yanaanza.
Swedish	Det var då tillredelsedag, och sabbatsdagen begynte ingå.
Uma	Eo toe, eo pomporodoa, pai' ntuku' ada to Yahudi ntepu'u ncimonou' toe rapalii' mobago, apa' ntepu'u-mi eo pepuea'.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Drew

Derivations
	Words ending with "Drew": misdrew, outdrew, overdrew, redrew, undrew, wiredrew, withdrew. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Drew" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: darw, der, Derl, derp, derw, Derx, dewp, Dhew, dirw, draew, draow, drarw, drawd, dre, drea, dreaw, dreb, dred, dreeb, dreek, dref, drei, drek, Drem, dren, dreo, dreow, drep, dret, Dreu, Drewe, drewl, drewn, drews, Drewy, drex, drey, drez, drgw, driw, droe, droew, drow, drowr, drowt, Drue, druw, drw, Dzewu, Krew, orew, Rew. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Drew"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Drew" (pronounced druw")
3	d r uw"	withdrew.
2	-r uw"	accrue, brew, construe, crew, grew, misconstrue, outgrew, overthrew, rue, screw, strew, threw, through, thru, true, untrue.
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Anagrams: Drew

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-r-w"
	-1 letter: dew, red, wed.
	-2 letters: de, ed, er, re, we.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-r-w"
	+1 letter: dewar, dower, rewed, rowed, wader, wared, weird, wider, wired, wried.
	+2 letters: brewed, browed, crewed, crowed, dewars, dewier, deworm, dowers, dowery, downer, dowser, drawee, drawer, drowse, lewder, powder, redowa, redraw, redrew, reward, reweds, reweld, rewind, reword, shrewd, trowed, undrew, wadder, waders, waired, wander, warded, warden, warder, warked, warmed, warned, warped, warred, warted, wedder, weeder, weirdo, weirds, weirdy, welder, weldor, whored, widder, wilder, winder, wonder, worded, worked, wormed.
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