WITHE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WITHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITHE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WITHE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WITHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WITHE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WITHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does WITHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tough, flexible twig or shoot, especially of willow, used for binding, tying or weaving.
A withe is a freshly cut twig, most often willow, valued in old crafts because it bends easily without snapping, unlike a dry stick. Traditional hurdle fences and woven baskets often relied on withes twisted around stakes to hold a structure together before rope or wire became common. The word survives mainly in craft, gardening and historical writing about traditional building methods, since modern fastenings have largely replaced it. A withe differs from a withy only in spelling in some dialects, since the two forms have long named the same flexible twig.
How WITHE is used
Mostly found in writing about traditional crafts, basket making and older methods of building fences.
- The basket maker soaked each withe until it bent without breaking.
- Farmers once tied bundles of hay together with a simple withe.
- The old fence relied on a single woven withe rather than nailed boards.
- She wove a small withe into a ring to demonstrate the craft.
- A single withe held the gate closed until a proper latch was fitted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WITHE
The 5 tiles of WITHE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WITHE
17 longer words begin with WITHE.
Words ending in WITHE
1 words end in WITHE. Useful as a back hook: play WITHE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WITHE inside
6 words contain WITHE in the middle. Words that start with WITHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WITHE
Common questions about WITHE
- Is WITHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITHE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITHE worth?
- WITHE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITHE mean?
- A tough, flexible twig or shoot, especially of willow, used for binding, tying or weaving.
- What letters can be added to WITHE?
- WITHE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WITHE:
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