whiten

whiten is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
2. transitive verb. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
3. verb. turn white

   "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

   Synonyms: white

Synonyms

white

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in whiten:

withen

Common word forms

whitens, whitened, whitener, whitening

Words from these letters

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