withers
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Definition of withers
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (plural, plural-normally)The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.
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noun
- (plural, plural-normally)The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.
verb
- (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of wither
name
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A surname.
“On the normier part of the spectrum are liberal influencers like Dean Withers and Harry Sisson, who have transferred the “debate me, bro” spirit of early YouTube to TikTok Live.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”).
Words you can make from withers
144 playable · top: SWITHER (13 pts)
Best play swither 13 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
36 words- SHREW 11 pts
- SWITH 11 pts
- THEWS 11 pts
- THREW 11 pts
- WHETS 11 pts
- WHIRS 11 pts
- WHIST 11 pts
- WHITE 11 pts
- WHITS 11 pts
- WITHE 11 pts
- HEIRS 8 pts
- HEIST 8 pts
- HIRES 8 pts
- ITHER 8 pts
- SHIER 8 pts
- SHIRE 8 pts
- SHIRT 8 pts
- SHITE 8 pts
- STREW 8 pts
- THEIR 8 pts
- TREWS 8 pts
- TWIER 8 pts
- WEIRS 8 pts
- WIRES 8 pts
- WISER 8 pts
- WITES 8 pts
- WREST 8 pts
- WRIES 8 pts
- WRIST 8 pts
- WRITE 8 pts
- WRITS 8 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- HEWS 10 pts
- SHEW 10 pts
- THEW 10 pts
- WHET 10 pts
- WHIR 10 pts
- WHIT 10 pts
- WISH 10 pts
- WITH 10 pts
- ETHS 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERS 7 pts
- HEST 7 pts
- HETS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- RESH 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SHRI 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- STEW 7 pts
- TEWS 7 pts
- THIR 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- WEIR 7 pts
- WERT 7 pts
- WEST 7 pts
- WETS 7 pts
- WIRE 7 pts
- WISE 7 pts
- WIST 7 pts
- WITE 7 pts
- WITS 7 pts
- WRIT 7 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- HEW 9 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HIT 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- TEW 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- WET 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- WIT 6 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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