worth: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with H
Meaning of worth
adj
- not-comparable
Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
Example: How much / What is your house worth? - Now it's worth half what I paid for it. So it'd sure would be worthwhile to repair before putting it for sale.
- not-comparable
Deserving of.
Example: This rickety beater of a car isn’t worth repairing anymore.
- not-comparable
Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
Example: This job is hardly worth the effort.
- not-comparable, obsolete
Valuable, worthwhile.
Source: Wiktionary — worth.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Value.
Example: I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.
- uncountable
Merit, excellence.
Example: Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.
- uncountable
An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
- obsolete, uncountable
High social standing, noble rank.
Listed forms: worths.
Source: Wiktionary — worth.
verb
- obsolete
To be, become, betide.
Example: Woe worth the man that crosses me.
Listed forms: worths, worthing, worthed, worthen, word.
Source: Wiktionary — worth.
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 worth.
adjective
(often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is worth in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of worth
W(4) + O(1) + R(1) + T(1) + H(4) = 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 worth
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from worth
22 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in worth. Showing up to 24, longest first.