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Is whence a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whence is a Scrabble US word. The word whence is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

W4H4E1N1C3E1

Is whence a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whence is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

W4H4E1N1C3E1

Is whence a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word whence is a Words With Friends word. The word whence is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4H3E1N2C4E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

WHENCE,

5-letter words (3 found)

HENCE,WENCH,WHEEN,

4-letter words (8 found)

CHEW,ECHE,EECH,ENEW,HEWN,WEEN,WHEE,WHEN,

3-letter words (13 found)

CEE,CHE,ECH,EEN,EEW,ENE,EWE,HEN,HEW,NEE,NEW,WEE,WEN,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,EE,EH,EN,EW,HE,NE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 34 words from whence according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of whence

whence

Etymology

From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hwĕns, IPA(key): /ʍɛns/
  • (in accents with the wine-whine merger) enPR: wĕns, IPA(key): /wɛns/
  • Rhymes: -ɛns

Adverb

whence (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, formal or literary) From where; from which place or source.
    Antonym: whither

Usage notes

  • This word is uncommon in contemporary usage; from where is now usually substituted (as in the example sentence: Where did I come from? or From where did I come?). Whence is now mainly encountered in older works and in poetic or literary writing. As a result of the obsolescence of the older directional verb system, words like whence and its antonym whither are sometimes used interchangeably as hypercorrect synonyms of where.
  • From whence has a strong literary precedent, appearing in Wyclif's Bible translation, Shakespeare and the King James Bible, as well as in the writings of numerous Victorian-era writers. In recent times, however, it has been criticized as redundant by some usage commentators.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • hence
  • thence

Translations

Conjunction

whence

  1. (literary, poetic) Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence

Antonyms

  • whither

Related terms

  • hence
  • thence

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