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Is witless a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word witless is a Scrabble US word. The word witless is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

W4I1T1L1E1S1S1

Is witless a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word witless is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

W4I1T1L1E1S1S1

Is witless a Words With Friends word?

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

W4I1T1L2E1S1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

WITLESS,

6-letter words (8 found)

ISLETS,ISTLES,SLIEST,STEILS,STILES,SWELTS,SWILES,WISEST,

5-letter words (33 found)

ISLES,ISLET,ISTLE,LESTS,LEWIS,LISTS,LITES,LWEIS,SEILS,SILES,SILTS,SITES,SLEWS,SLITS,STEIL,STEWS,STIES,STILE,SWELT,SWIES,SWILE,SWITS,TEILS,TILES,WEILS,WELTS,WESTS,WIELS,WILES,WILTS,WISES,WISTS,WITES,

4-letter words (47 found)

ELTS,ESTS,EWTS,ISLE,LEIS,LESS,LEST,LETS,LIES,LIST,LITE,LITS,LWEI,SEIL,SEIS,SELS,SETS,SEWS,SIES,SILE,SILT,SIST,SITE,SITS,SLEW,SLIT,STEW,STIE,TEIL,TELS,TEWS,TIES,TILE,TILS,WEIL,WELS,WELT,WEST,WETS,WIEL,WILE,WILT,WISE,WISS,WIST,WITE,WITS,

3-letter words (28 found)

ELS,ELT,ESS,EST,EWT,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LEW,LIE,LIS,LIT,SEI,SEL,SET,SEW,SIS,SIT,TEL,TES,TEW,TIE,TIL,TIS,WET,WIS,WIT,

2-letter words (12 found)

EL,ES,ET,EW,IS,IT,LI,SI,ST,TE,TI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 130 words from witless according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of witless

witless

Etymology

From Middle English witles, from Old English witlēas (“senseless; witless”), from Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz (“witless”), equivalent to wit +‎ -less. Cognate with Swedish vettlös (“senseless; witless; wild”), Icelandic vitlaus (“senseless; witless; foolish; mad”).

Adjective

witless (comparative more witless, superlative most witless)

  1. Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
  2. Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment.
  3. Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it.

Usage notes

  • This term is frequently found in phrases such as scared witless, witless with fear, and so on.

Antonyms

  • witful

Derived terms

  • witless wonder
  • witlessly
  • witlessness

Translations

References

  • “witless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Wiltses, twissel

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