WITE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WITE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WITE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does WITE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsarchaic
To blame someone or hold them responsible for a fault or wrong.
To wite a person is to lay the responsibility for a mistake or offence on them, much as modern English uses to blame, and the same root also produced the related noun wite, meaning the blame or the fine imposed for an offence. The word belongs to older Scots and archaic English and survives mainly in historical and dialect texts.
How WITE is used
Archaic and regional; found in older Scots writing rather than in current speech.
- The old text says the villagers did wite him for the failed harvest.
- She refused to wite her brother for the broken window.
- The knight would not wite his companion for the delay.
- Elders were quick to wite the stranger for the missing sheep.
- Nobody could rightly wite the child for the accident.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WITE
7 longer words begin with WITE.
Words ending in WITE
1 words end in WITE. Useful as a back hook: play WITE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WITE inside
1 words contain WITE in the middle. Words that start with WITE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WITE
Common questions about WITE
- Is WITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITE worth?
- WITE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITE mean?
- To blame someone or hold them responsible for a fault or wrong.
- What letters can be added to WITE?
- WITE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WITE:
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