somehow
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈsʌmhaʊ/
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/ˈsʌmhaʊ/ · /ˈsʊmhuː/
Definition of somehow
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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(not-comparable)In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
“This problem has to be tackled somehow.”
“We don't know how he's still alive after the accident, but somehow he is.”
“December 1, 2016, Tom Donaghy writing in The New York Times, Tender Side of Edward Albee It’s not by accident Edward wrote “The Goat,” “The Zoo Story” or “Seascape,” with its two lizards, Sarah and Leslie. In fact, in all of his plays the animal is pretty prominent, somehow or other.”
“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.”
“Have I not loathed to live again and said It would have been far better to be dead, And yet somehow, I know not why, Remained afraid to die!”
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Etymology
From some + how.
Words you can make from somehow
96 playable · top: WHOMSO (14 pts)
Best play whomso 14 points5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
32 words- WHOM 12 pts
- HEWS 10 pts
- HOWE 10 pts
- HOWS 10 pts
- SHEW 10 pts
- SHOW 10 pts
- HEMS 9 pts
- HOME 9 pts
- HOMO 9 pts
- HOMS 9 pts
- MEOW 9 pts
- MESH 9 pts
- MEWS 9 pts
- MHOS 9 pts
- MOHO 9 pts
- MOSH 9 pts
- MOWS 9 pts
- OHMS 9 pts
- SHMO 9 pts
- SMEW 9 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- OOHS 7 pts
- OWES 7 pts
- OWSE 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- SHOO 7 pts
- WOES 7 pts
- WOOS 7 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- MOOS 6 pts
- SOME 6 pts
3-letter words
35 words- HEW 9 pts
- HOW 9 pts
- WHO 9 pts
- HEM 8 pts
- HOM 8 pts
- MEH 8 pts
- MEW 8 pts
- MHO 8 pts
- MOW 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HOO 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- OHO 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- OOH 6 pts
- OWE 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- WOE 6 pts
- WOO 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- MOS 5 pts
- OMS 5 pts
- SOM 5 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
2-letter words
18 wordsFind your best play with somehow
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