How many points in Scrabble is it worth? it how many points in Words With Friends? What does it mean? Get all these answers on this page.
Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for it
See how to calculate how many points for it.
Is it a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word it is a Scrabble US word. The word it is worth 2 points in Scrabble:
I1T1
Is it a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word it is a Scrabble UK word and has 2 points:
I1T1
Is it a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word it is a Words With Friends word. The word it is worth 2 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
I1T1
Our tools
Valid words made from It
Results
2-letter words (2 found)
IT,TI,
You can make 2 words from it according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of it
it
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of Italianitaliano
Symbol
it
(international standards)ISO 639-1 language code for Italian.
Alternative forms
hit(dialectal)
i'(colloquial)
itt(obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Englishit, hit ( > dialectal Englishhit(“it”)), from Old Englishhit(“it”), from Proto-Germanic*hit(“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European*ḱe-, *ḱey-(“this, here”). Cognate with West Frisianit(“it”), Saterland Frisianet, 't(“it”), Low Germanit(“it”), Dutchhet(“it”), Germanes(“it”), Latincis, hic. More at he.
Pronunciation
(stressed)
(Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪt/ enPR: ĭt
(General American) IPA(key): /ət/, [ɪ̈t], [ɪ̈ʔ], enPR: ət
(General Australian) IPA(key): /ət/
(New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɘt/
Homophone: at(unstressed)(General American, General Australian)
Pronoun
it (subjective and objectiveit, reflexive and intensiveitself, possessive determiner and pronounits, plural subjectivethey, plural objective casethem)
The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
It is not a pen. It is a book.
A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
(obsolete)An affectionate third-person singular personal pronoun.
1897, Olive Pratt Rayner (Grant Allen), The Type-Writer Girl
She caught my eye, and laughed. “What a funny girl it is!” she cried. “You are so comical! But it isn't the least use your trying to frighten me. I can see the twinkle in your big black eyes; and I like you in spite of your trying to be horrid. Do you know, I liked you from the first moment I saw you.”
(sometimes pejorative or offensive)A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Next morning bought her [a drag queen] breakfast & she asked for a couple dollars to get a drink. Gave her $3, walked her to a bar. […] Some teenage boys watched us walking & began shouting. When I left her at the bar door & kissed her goodbye, they began shouting "Ugh! You kissed it!!"
Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
rough it
live it up
stick it out
Referring to a desirable quality or ability, or quality of being successful, fashionable or in vogue.
After all these years, she still has it.
Referring to sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.
I caught them doing it.
Are you getting it regularly?
(uncountable) Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
(with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
(with the noun clause introduced by that)
(with the gerund seeing)
(with the noun clause introduced by that)
(with the noun clause introduced by if)
All or the end; something after which there is no more.
(obsolete)Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.
Usage notes
See Wiktionary:English inflection, Appendix:English pronouns and Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for other personal pronouns.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:it.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Determiner
it
(obsolete) Its.
Noun
it (pluralits)
One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
(British) A game of tag.
(informal) A desirable characteristic, as being fashionable.
Man, he's really got it.
She's the it girl, at least for this Fall.
(informal) Sexual intercourse.
OMG, they were doing it in the storage room.
(informal) Sex appeal.
She really has it going on.
Alternative letter-case form of It(“force in the vitalist approach of Georg Groddeck”)
Alternative letter-case form of It(“the id”)
Translations
Adjective
it (not comparable)
(colloquial) Most fashionable, popular, or in vogue.
References
“it”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“it”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
TI, Ti., ti
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*it, *ït(“canine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
it (definite accusativeiti, pluralitlər)
dog
Declension
Derived terms
itbaz(“caninophile”)
See also
köpək
Further reading
“it” in Obastan.com.
Charrua
Noun
it
fire
References
Rodolfo Maruca Sosa, La nación charrúa (1957)
Chuukese
Noun
it
name
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*it, *ït.
Noun
it
dog
Synonyms
köpek
References
Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][5], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Hokkien
Irish
Alternative forms
id
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɪt̪ˠ/
Contraction
it (triggers lenition)
(Munster)Contraction of i do(“in your”).
Related terms
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
hit(dialects without H-dropping)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /it/
Hyphenation: it
Etymology 1
Derived from Englishit. Compare Englishhit, Gullahi, Antigua and Barbuda Creole Englishit, Guyanese Creole Englishii, Hawaiian Creoleit, Nigerian Pidginit, Vincentian Creole Englishe, Yolayt, Old Englishġit, Proto-Germanic*hit.
third-person singular present active indicative of eō
Latvian
Particle
it
used to assign accentuation to expression
it sevišķi ― especially
it nekas ― nothing at all
it nekur ― nowhere at all
it nemaz ― not at all
it kā ― as if
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɪt/
Pronoun
it
Alternative form of het
Middle English
Pronoun
it
Alternative form of hit(“it”)
Determiner
it
Alternative form of hit(“it”)
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxonit, from Proto-Germanic*hit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɪt/, /ət/
Pronoun
it
(third person singular neuter nominative) it
(third person singular neuter accusative) it
Declension
Descendants
Low German: et, it
Plautdietsch: et
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈih(t)/
Verb
it
second-person singular present of ii
Old Irish
Alternative forms
(second-person singular form)at
Pronunciation
(second-person singular form) IPA(key): /it/
(third-person plural form) IPA(key): /id/
Verb
it
inflection of is:
second-person singular present indicative
third-person plural present indicative
Old Norse
Alternative forms
þit — younger
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*jit, North-West Germanic form of *jut. Cognate with Old Englishġit, Gothic𐌾𐌿𐍄(jut).
Pronoun
it
(personal)second-person dual pronoun; youtwo
Declension
Descendants
The Western descendants derive from þit, due to influence of the 2nd plural ending -ð. Compare þér(“you (plural)”).
Icelandic: þið
Faroese: tit
Norwegian Nynorsk: de, did
Elfdalian: ið
Old Swedish: it
Finland Swedish: et, ät
References
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*it.
Pronoun
itn
it
Declension
Descendants
Middle Low German: it
Low German: et, it
Plautdietsch: et
Piedmontese
Pronoun
it
you (singular)
Sathmar Swabian
Adverb
it
not
References
Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
Turkish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈit]
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkishایت(it), from Proto-Turkic*ït. Compare Yakutыт(ıt, “dog”).
Noun
it (definite accusativeiti, pluralitler)
(often derogatory) dog
(derogatory)scoundrel, detestable person, cur
Usage notes
Not historically derogatory, and still used as the primary term for "dog" in the countryside. Usually, if a dog is a stray or feral, it can be referred to as "it" as well. The more usual word is köpek, which is also pejorative and derogatory when used for a person.
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
it
second-person singular imperative of itmek
Turkmen
Etymology
From Old Turkicıt(“dog”), from Proto-Turkic*īt, *ıyt, *ɨt, *it.
Noun
it (definite accusativeidi, pluralitler)
dog
Declension
Uzbek
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*ɨt, *it.
Noun
it (pluralitlar)
dog
Declension
Volapük
Determiner
it
(with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase
Welsh
Alternative forms
iti
i ti
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɪt/
Pronoun
it
(literary)second-person singular of i
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisianhit, from Proto-Germanic*hit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɪt/
(unstressed) IPA(key): /(ə)t/
Pronoun
it
it (third-person singular neuter pronoun)
Inflection
Further reading
“it (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisianthet, from Proto-Germanic*þat.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /(ə)t/
Determiner
it
neuter singular of de
Yola
Alternative forms
yt
Etymology
From Middle Englishhit, from Old Englishhit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɪt/
Pronoun
it
it
Derived terms
tis
it's
t'was
mai't
lee it
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23
Zhuang
Etymology
From Chinese一 (MC 'jit, “one”). Cognate with Thaiเอ็ด(èt), Laoເອັດ(ʼet), Shanဢဵတ်း(ʼáet), Ahom𑜒𑜢𑜄𑜫(ʼit), Bouyeiidt.