wanter
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of wanter
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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One who wants, or who wants something
“Witless hizzie, e'en 's you like, The ne'er a doit I 'm carin'; But men maun be the first to speak, An' wanters maun be speerin'.”
“But if Donald McFarlane wants money, he's got kin that can accommodate him, James; wanters arena always that fortunate.”
“You see, the trouble with Americans is that they are the greatest wanters of cake after they've eaten it the world has ever seen.”
“She’s continually the wanter in a relationship but dreams of being the one wanted, which is to say she’s continually powerless, dreaming of power.”
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noun
-
One who wants, or who wants something
“Witless hizzie, e'en 's you like, The ne'er a doit I 'm carin'; But men maun be the first to speak, An' wanters maun be speerin'.”
“But if Donald McFarlane wants money, he's got kin that can accommodate him, James; wanters arena always that fortunate.”
“You see, the trouble with Americans is that they are the greatest wanters of cake after they've eaten it the world has ever seen.”
“She’s continually the wanter in a relationship but dreams of being the one wanted, which is to say she’s continually powerless, dreaming of power.”
verb
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(alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of want to.
“I reckon it weighs about a ton by the weight of it if yer wanter know.”
“Here, lift over them crates o' oranges I wanter fix 'em in the winder."”
“My birthday over, I wanter go right home to Heaven.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From want + -er.
Words you can make from wanter
80 playable · top: REWAN (8 pts)
Best play rewan 8 points5-letter words
3 words4-letter words
27 words3-letter words
34 words- AWE 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TEW 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WET 6 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
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