whose: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with E
Meaning of whose
det
- interrogative
Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
Example: Whose (wallet) is this?
- relative
Of whom, belonging to whom.
Example: This is the man whose dog caused the accident.
- relative
Of which, belonging to which.
Example: We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.
Source: Wiktionary — whose.
pron
- interrogative
That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
Example: Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?
- relative
That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
Example: This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly.
Source: Wiktionary — whose.
contraction
- alt-of, contraction, misspelling
Misspelling of who's.
Base or related entry: who's.
Source: Wiktionary — whose.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is whose in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of whose
W(4) + H(4) + O(1) + S(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 whose
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from whose
32 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in whose. Showing up to 24, longest first.