when: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with W · ends with N
Meaning of when
adv
- interrogative, not-comparable
At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
Example: When will they arrive?
- Internet, humorous, interrogative, not-comparable, often
At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time. Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.
Example: The site's all bugged. Fix when?
- not-comparable
At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
Example: He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
- not-comparable, relative
At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
Example: That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
Listed forms: wen.
Source: Wiktionary — when.
conj
At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
Example: Pavlov's dogs salivate when [i.e. at any and every time that] they hear a bell.
During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
Example: They dream when [i.e. during the time that] they sleep.
At what time; at which time.
Example: I am here till Friday, when [i.e. at which time] I leave for Senegal.
Since; given the fact that; considering that.
Example: I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
Listed forms: wen.
Source: Wiktionary — when.
pron
- interrogative
What time; which time.
Example: Since when do I need your permission?
Listed forms: wen.
Source: Wiktionary — when.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is when in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of when
W(4) + H(4) + E(1) + N(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 when
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from when
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in when. Showing up to 24, longest first.