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What does wistful mean? Is wistful a Scrabble word?

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Is wistful a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wistful is a Scrabble US word. The word wistful is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

W4I1S1T1F4U1L1

Is wistful a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wistful is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

W4I1S1T1F4U1L1

Is wistful a Words With Friends word?

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

W4I1S1T1F4U2L2

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7-letter words (1 found)

WISTFUL,

5-letter words (7 found)

FLITS,FUSIL,LIFTS,SLUIT,SWIFT,TULSI,WILTS,

4-letter words (23 found)

FILS,FIST,FITS,FLIT,FLUS,FUST,LIFT,LIST,LITS,LITU,LUIT,LUST,SIFT,SILT,SLIT,SLUT,SUIT,TILS,TUIS,UTIS,WILT,WIST,WITS,

3-letter words (17 found)

FIL,FIT,FLU,IFS,ITS,LIS,LIT,SIF,SIT,SUI,TIL,TIS,TUI,UTS,WIS,WIT,WUS,

2-letter words (10 found)

FU,IF,IS,IT,LI,SI,ST,TI,US,UT,

You can make 58 words from wistful according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wistful

wistful

Etymology

Presumably from *whistful, from whist (“silent”) + -ful, based on older wistly. It is implausible that it derives from wishful, the required sound change being wishful → *wisful → wistful, which could not occur in Modern English, particularly not with wishful continuing in use. However, the sense of “longing” appears to be influenced by wishful, making wistful an ambiguous poetic word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪstfəl/

Adjective

wistful (comparative more wistful, superlative most wistful)

  1. Full of longing or yearning.
  2. Sad and thoughtful.

Derived terms

  • wistfully
  • wistfulness

Translations

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “wistful”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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