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Is weigh a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word weigh is a Scrabble US word. The word weigh is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is weigh a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word weigh is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is weigh a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word weigh is a Words With Friends word. The word weigh is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

WEIGH,

4-letter words (1 found)

WHIG,

3-letter words (5 found)

GHI,GIE,HEW,HIE,WIG,

2-letter words (6 found)

EH,EW,GI,HE,HI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from weigh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of weigh

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Definitions and meaning of weigh

weigh

Alternative forms

  • waye, weye (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English weghen, weȝen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wā, IPA(key): /weɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophones: way, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Verb

weigh (third-person singular simple present weighs, present participle weighing, simple past and past participle weighed)

  1. (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
  2. (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
  5. (transitive) To consider a subject. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. (transitive, stative) To have a certain weight.
  7. (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
  8. (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
  9. (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
  10. (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
  11. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
  12. (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Usage notes

  • In commercial and everyday use, the term "weight" is usually used to mean mass, and the verb "to weigh" means "to determine the mass of" or "to have a mass of".

Derived terms

Related terms

  • weight

Translations

Noun

weigh (plural weighs)

  1. The act of weighing, of measuring the weight

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