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Is whither a Scrabble word?

Yes, whither is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 16 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of whither?

Definition

adv (English)

1. Interrogative senses.Examples: "VVhither at length vvilt thou abuſe our patience?"; "And, if there fall out any preternatural immutations in the elements, any strange concussations of the earth, any direful prodigies in the sky, whither should they be imputed, but to these mighty angels; whom it pleaseth the Most High God to employ in these extraordinary services?"; "Alas, / Whither has wandered now my partial tongue / When all remains untold which ye would hear?"alsofigurativelyhumorousnot-comparable

2. Relative senses.Examples: "Ah foole, goe vvith thy ſoule vvhither it goes, / A borrovved title haſt thou bought too deare."; "VVhether as He mounted up, the Nevvs He tells / To every Orb and Star; but chiefly to / Th' inquiſitive Spirits, vvhoſe ears and hearts he fils / VVith all the VVonders He had ſeen belovv, […]"; "[H]is VVorſhip […] gave them proper Letters of Health, and from thence they vvere at Liberty to travel vvhither they pleaſed."Synonyms: whithersoevernot-comparable

noun (English)

1. (formal, archaic except literary or poetic) A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.Examples: "To knovv the local beginnings of vvinds, is a thing vvhich requires a deep ſearch and Inquiſition, ſeeing that the VVhence and VVhither of vvinds, are things noted even in Scripture to be abſtruſe and hidden."; "Mr. [Henry Charles] Carey usually gives his reader a bird's-eye retrospect, from his balloon at the end of each stage, of the where and whither or the zigzags and dark passages of the route gone over from the starting-point, where was the man upon a solitary island picking fruit, down to his present stopping-place."; "The whence and whither of their comings and goings made no impression on the community, and when they disappeared no one asked how or why."formal

verb (English)

1. (transitive)BritishScotlanddialectalespeciallytransitive

2. (transitive)BritishScotlanddialectalespeciallytransitive

3. (intransitive)BritishScotlanddialectalespeciallyintransitive

4. (intransitive)BritishScotlanddialectalespeciallyintransitive

5. (intransitive)BritishScotlanddialectalespeciallyintransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "whither"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "whither"?

Scrabble
16 points
W4
H4
I1
T1
H4
E1
R1
Words With Friends
14 points
W4
H3
I1
T1
H3
E1
R1

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