what: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with W · ends with T
Meaning of what
det
- interrogative
Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
Example: What colour are you going to use?
- indirect, interrogative
Which.
Example: I wonder what colour he is going to use.
- relative
Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
Example: He seems to have lost what sense he had.
Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
Example: This shows what beauty there is in nature.
Source: Wiktionary — what.
pron
- interrogative
Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
Example: Hammer in that nail —What with? I didn't bring my set of tools.
That which; those that; the thing(s) that.
Example: He knows what he wants and what to do to get it.
Anything that; all that; whatever.
Example: I will do what I can to help you.
- dialectal, nonstandard, relative
That; which; who.
Example: Look! It's that bloke again what was 'ere yesterday!
Source: Wiktionary — what.
adv
- interrogative, not-comparable
In what way; to what extent.
Example: What does it matter?
- not-comparable
Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see what with), and much less commonly with other prepositions.
Source: Wiktionary — what.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is what in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of what
W(4) + H(4) + A(1) + T(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of what
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from what
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in what. Showing up to 24, longest first.