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Is writhe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word writhe is a Scrabble US word. The word writhe is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

W4R1I1T1H4E1

Is writhe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word writhe is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

W4R1I1T1H4E1

Is writhe a Words With Friends word?

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

W4R1I1T1H3E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

WHITER,WITHER,WRITHE,

5-letter words (9 found)

ITHER,REWTH,THEIR,THREW,TWIER,TWIRE,WHITE,WITHE,WRITE,

4-letter words (19 found)

HEIR,HIRE,RITE,TEHR,THEW,THIR,TIER,TIRE,TREW,TRIE,WEIR,WERT,WHET,WHIR,WHIT,WIRE,WITE,WITH,WRIT,

3-letter words (18 found)

ETH,EWT,HER,HET,HEW,HIE,HIT,IRE,REH,REI,RET,REW,RIT,TEW,THE,TIE,WET,WIT,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,ER,ET,EW,HE,HI,IT,RE,TE,TI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from writhe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of writhe

writhe

Etymology

From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Cognate with Middle Dutch writen (“to turn, twist”), dialectal German reiden (“to turn, twist, lace”), Danish vride (“to twist”), Swedish vrida (“to turn, twist, wind”), French rider (“to wrinkle, furrow, ruffle”, (< Germanic)). Compare also Lithuanian riēsti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rīth, IPA(key): /ɹaɪð/
  • Rhymes: -aɪð

Verb

writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or (archaic) wrothe, past participle writhed or (archaic) writhen)

  1. (transitive) To twist, wring (something).
  2. (transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
  3. (intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
  4. (transitive) To extort.

Translations

Noun

writhe (plural writhes)

  1. (rare) A contortion.
  2. (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

Anagrams

  • Wither, whiter, wither, wither-

Middle English

Verb

writhe

  1. Alternative form of writhen

Source: wiktionary.org