white: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with E
Meaning of white
adj
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Example: Write in black ink on white paper.
- capitalized, sometimes
Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
- capitalized, sometimes
Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).
- capitalized, sometimes
By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Listed forms: whiter, whitest, whight, whyte, whyght.
Source: Wiktionary — white.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- countable, uncountable
A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
- countable, uncountable
Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
- countable, uncountable
White wine.
Listed forms: whites, whight, whyte, whyght.
Source: Wiktionary — white.
verb
- transitive
To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
Listed forms: whites, whiting, whited, whight, whyte, whyght.
Source: Wiktionary — white.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for white.
adjective
marked by the presence of snow
adjective
restricted to whites only
- lily-white
adjective
glowing white with heat
- white-hot
adjective
(of a surface) not written or printed on
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is white in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of white
W(4) + H(4) + I(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 11 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 white
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from white
22 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in white. Showing up to 24, longest first.