whit
Plural: whits
Noun
- A very small part or amount; a bit.
- a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
Prep
- Pronunciation spelling of with.
Examples
- She didn’t care a whit about her opponent’s small talk, focusing solely on her tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wiȝt, wight, from Old English wiht (“wight, person, creature, being, whit, thing, something, anything”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtą (“thing, creature”) or *wihtiz (“essence, object”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”). Cognate with Old High German wiht (“creature, thing”), Dutch wicht, German Wicht. Doublet of wight.
Synonyms
iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, ace, atom, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, dab, damn, dash, diddly, dot, drop, dusting, fleck, flip, flyspeck, glimpse, glint, grain, halfpennyworth, hint, inch, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, scantling, scent, scooch, scrap, scruple, semblance, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, whiff, whit
Scrabble Score: 10
whit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwhit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary