WITTING is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WITTING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITTING?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WITTING is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WITTING
Front hooks — 1
twittingBack hooks — 1
wittingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WITTING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WITTING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 823,434.
What does WITTING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Done knowingly and on purpose; aware of what is going on.
Witting lives almost entirely in its negative, unwitting, and appears alone mainly in legal or formal contexts to stress that someone knew what they were doing. An unwitting accomplice did not know, while a witting one did.
How WITTING is used
The word witting is formal and fairly rare, mostly contrasted with unwitting.
- He was a witting participant in the fraud.
- The court asked whether her help had been witting.
- A witting lie is worse than a mistake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITTING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WITTING
2 longer words begin with WITTING.
Shorter words from the letters in WITTING
Common questions about WITTING
- Is WITTING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITTING, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITTING worth?
- WITTING is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITTING mean?
- Done knowingly and on purpose; aware of what is going on.
- What letters can be added to WITTING?
- WITTING takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WITTING:
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