How many points in Scrabble is wife worth? wife how many points in Words With Friends? What does wife mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is wife a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word wife is a Scrabble US word. The word wife is worth 10 points in Scrabble:
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Is wife a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word wife is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:
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Is wife a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word wife is a Words With Friends word. The word wife is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
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You can make 9 words from wife according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
wife iwfe wfie fwie ifwe fiwe wief iwef weif ewif iewf eiwf wfei fwei wefi ewfi fewi efwi ifew fiew iefw eifw feiw efiw
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word wife. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in wife.
From Middle English wyf, wif, from Old English wīf (“woman, wife”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą (“woman, wife”).
Germanic cognates include Scots wife (“wife”), West Frisian wiif (“wife, woman”), Saterland Frisian Wieuw (“woman, lady, female”), North Frisian wüf (“wife, woman”), Dutch wijf (“woman, female”), Low German Wief (“woman, female”), German Weib (“woman, wife, female”), Danish viv (“wife, woman”), Norwegian viv (“wife, woman, girl”), Swedish viv (“woman”), Faroese vív (“wife, woman”), Icelandic víf (“woman”).
The further etymology is unknown, with a number of disputed suggestions. One suggestion connects Tocharian A/B kip/kwīpe (“genitals, female pudenda”), for a hypothetical Indo-European *gʰwíbʰ- (“pudenda”). Another suggestion connects Old English wǣfan (“wrap, clothe”), Old Norse vífa (“wrap, veil”) for a suggested original motive of "married woman wearing a scarf".
Yet another suggestion connects Old High German weibon (“move to and fro”), Old Norse veifa (“swing, throw”), for a motive of "one who is moving busily; housekeeper, maidservant" (cf. German Weibel (“manservant, usher”)).
wife (plural wives)
Although mostly used only humorously, wife can be used with the to indicate one's own wife, as in "I'd like to go, but the wife wants me home".
wife (third-person singular simple present wifes, present participle wifing, simple past and past participle wifed)
wife
From Middle English wyf (“woman, wife”), from Old English wīf (“woman”).
wife (plural wifes)