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Is however a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word however is a Scrabble US word. The word however is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is however a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word however is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Is however a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word however is a Words With Friends word. The word however is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

HOWEVER,WHOEVER,

6-letter words (2 found)

REWOVE,WHERVE,

5-letter words (8 found)

EVHOE,EVOHE,HEWER,HOVER,HOWRE,VOWER,WHERE,WHORE,

4-letter words (23 found)

EREV,EVER,EVOE,EWER,HERE,HERO,HOER,HORE,HOVE,HOWE,OVER,OWER,OWRE,ROHE,ROVE,VEER,VROW,WEER,WERE,WERO,WHEE,WORE,WOVE,

3-letter words (26 found)

EEW,ERE,EVE,EVO,EWE,HER,HEW,HOE,HOW,ORE,OWE,REE,REH,REO,REV,REW,RHO,ROE,ROW,VEE,VOE,VOR,VOW,WEE,WHO,WOE,

2-letter words (13 found)

EE,EH,ER,EW,HE,HO,OE,OH,OR,OW,RE,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 75 words from however according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of however

however

Etymology

From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere; equivalent to how +‎ ever. Compare howsoever.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑʊˈɛvə/
  • (US) enPR: houĕvʹər, IPA(key): /haʊˈɛvɚ/
  • (NYC) IPA(key): /hɑˈwɛvə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: how‧ev‧er

Adverb

however (not comparable)

  1. (conjunctive) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
  2. (conjunctive) In contrast.
    The conference itself went very well. The party afterwards, however, was a disaster.
  3. (degree) To whatever degree or extent.
  4. (informal, manner) In any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way.
    I don't care; just do it however.
    Nothing was really planned; things just happened however.
  5. (interrogative) How ever: an emphatic form of how, used to ask in what manner.
    I thought it was impossible. However were you able to do it?
  6. (obsolete) In any case, at any rate, at all events.
    • c. 1680, John Tillotson:
      Our chief end and highest interest is happiness : And this is happiness to be freed from all (if it may) [or] however from the greatest evils.

Usage notes

Traditionally, some commentators have objected to the use of "however" at the start of a sentence in the sense of "nevertheless", but in practice this is widely accepted.

The use of a comma before "however" as a means of connecting independent clauses in the sense of "nevertheless", as in "She wanted to go, however she decided against it", is traditionally considered an error, equivalent to using "however" as a proscribed conjunction (see below). Compare the prescriptively correct sentence "She wanted to go, but she decided against it", which uses a true conjunction "but".

Synonyms

  • (nevertheless): nonetheless, notwithstanding, that said, still and all; in any case, after all, anyway; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless and Thesaurus:regardless
  • (to whatever degree): ad lib, howsoever, howso
  • (regardless of the way in which): anyhow, howsoever, howso
  • (emphatic how): how + the dickens (see Thesaurus:the dickens)

Translations

Conjunction

however

  1. Regardless of the way in which.
  2. In any way in which.
    She offered to help however she could.
    Wear your hair however you want.
  3. (proscribed) But, yet, though, although.
    *She wanted to go, however she decided against it. (proscribed)

Usage notes

See the usage notes for adverb senses, above.

Derived terms

  • however one slices it

Translations

References

  • “however”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “however”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • "however (degree)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
  • "however (despite)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
  • "however (way)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
  • “however”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

  • everwho, whoever

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