wearish
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- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈwɪəɹɪʃ/
(UK)
Definition of wearish
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- (obsolete)Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
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adj
- (obsolete)Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
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(dialectal, obsolete)Sickly, wizened, feeble.
“Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe, / With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent […].”
“Democritus, as he is described by Hippocrates and Laertius, was a little wearish old man, very melancholy by nature, averse from company in his latter days, and much given to solitariness […].”
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Etymology
From Middle English warssh, werisch, werische, werish, werissh, werssh, werysshe, of unknown origin; compare Modern English dialectal wairsh and Early Modern English wersh; perhaps related to Middle English wery (modern weary).
Words you can make from wearish
145 playable · top: WASHIER (13 pts)
Best play washier 13 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
30 words- HAWSE 11 pts
- SHREW 11 pts
- WHIRS 11 pts
- WISHA 11 pts
- HAIRS 8 pts
- HARES 8 pts
- HEARS 8 pts
- HEIRS 8 pts
- HIRES 8 pts
- RESAW 8 pts
- RHEAS 8 pts
- SAWER 8 pts
- SEWAR 8 pts
- SHARE 8 pts
- SHEAR 8 pts
- SHIER 8 pts
- SHIRE 8 pts
- SWARE 8 pts
- SWEAR 8 pts
- WAIRS 8 pts
- WARES 8 pts
- WEARS 8 pts
- WEIRS 8 pts
- WIRES 8 pts
- WISER 8 pts
- WRIES 8 pts
- ARISE 5 pts
- RAISE 5 pts
- REAIS 5 pts
- SERAI 5 pts
4-letter words
48 words- HAWS 10 pts
- HEWS 10 pts
- SHAW 10 pts
- SHEW 10 pts
- SHWA 10 pts
- WASH 10 pts
- WHIR 10 pts
- WISH 10 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- AWES 7 pts
- HAES 7 pts
- HAIR 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- RASH 7 pts
- RAWS 7 pts
- RESH 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- SHEA 7 pts
- SHRI 7 pts
- WAES 7 pts
- WAIR 7 pts
- WARE 7 pts
- WARS 7 pts
- WEAR 7 pts
- WEIR 7 pts
- WIRE 7 pts
- WISE 7 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- ARES 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- ARSE 4 pts
- EARS 4 pts
- ERAS 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RASE 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
- SEAR 4 pts
- SERA 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- HAW 9 pts
- HEW 9 pts
- WHA 9 pts
- AHI 6 pts
- AHS 6 pts
- ASH 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HAS 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- SHA 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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