worth

worth is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.
2. adjective. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.
3. adjective. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
4. adjective. Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
5. adjective. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
6. adjective. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.
7. adjective. Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.
8. noun. the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
9. noun. French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
10. noun. an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

    "10 dollars worth of gasoline"

11. adjective. having a specified value

    "not worth his salt"

    "worth her weight in gold"

12. adjective. worthy of being treated in a particular way (often used ironically)

    "an idea worth considering"

    "the deserving poor"

    Synonyms: deserving

Synonyms

deserving

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in worth:

rowth, throw, whort, wroth

Common word forms

worths, worthed, worthful, worthing, worthless

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