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Is whole a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whole is a Scrabble US word. The word whole is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

W4H4O1L1E1

Is whole a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whole is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

W4H4O1L1E1

Is whole a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word whole is a Words With Friends word. The word whole is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4H3O1L2E1

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5-letter words (1 found)

WHOLE,

4-letter words (5 found)

HELO,HOLE,HOWE,HOWL,LOWE,

3-letter words (10 found)

HEW,HOE,HOW,LEW,LOW,OLE,OWE,OWL,WHO,WOE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EL,EW,HE,HO,LO,OE,OH,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from whole according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of whole

whole hwole wohle owhle howle ohwle whloe hwloe wlhoe lwhoe hlwoe lhwoe wolhe owlhe wlohe lwohe olwhe lowhe holwe ohlwe hlowe lhowe olhwe lohwe whoel hwoel wohel owhel howel ohwel wheol hweol wehol ewhol hewol ehwol woehl owehl weohl ewohl oewhl eowhl hoewl ohewl heowl ehowl oehwl eohwl whleo hwleo wlheo lwheo hlweo lhweo whelo hwelo wehlo ewhlo hewlo ehwlo wleho lweho welho ewlho lewho elwho hlewo lhewo helwo ehlwo lehwo elhwo woleh owleh wloeh lwoeh olweh loweh woelh owelh weolh ewolh oewlh eowlh wleoh lweoh weloh ewloh lewoh elwoh olewh loewh oelwh eolwh leowh elowh holew ohlew hloew lhoew olhew lohew hoelw ohelw heolw eholw oehlw eohlw hleow lheow helow ehlow lehow elhow olehw loehw oelhw eolhw leohw elohw

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word whole. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in whole.

Definitions and meaning of whole

whole

Alternative forms

  • hole (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).

The spelling with wh-, introduced in the 15th century, was for disambiguation with hole, and was absent in Scots.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊl/, [həʊɫ], [hɒʊɫ]
  • (US) IPA(key): /hoʊl/, [hoʊɫ]
  • Homophone: hole
  • Rhymes: -əʊl

Adjective

whole (comparative wholer or more whole, superlative wholest or most whole)

  1. Entire, undivided.
    Synonyms: total; see also Thesaurus:entire
    1. Used as an intensifier.
      I brought a whole lot of balloons for the party.   She ate a whole bunch of french fries.
  2. Sound, uninjured, healthy.
    Synonyms: hale, well; see also Thesaurus:healthy
  3. (of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.
  4. (mining) As yet unworked.

Translations

Adverb

whole (comparative more whole, superlative most whole)

  1. (colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:completely

Translations

Noun

whole (plural wholes)

  1. Something complete, without any parts missing.
    Synonyms: entireness, totality; see also Thesaurus:entirety
    Meronym: part
  2. An entirety.

Translations

Derived terms

References

  • “whole”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

  • All and whole — Linguapress online English grammar

Anagrams

  • Howle, howel

Source: wiktionary.org