wont

Plural: wonts

Noun

an established custom
One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

Adj

Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

Verb

Verb Forms: wonted, wonting, wonts

To make someone accustomed or used to something.
To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

Examples

He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.
He is wont to complain loudly about his job.
He would WONT his opponents to his aggressive playing style.

Origin / Etymology

From Old English gewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), possibly as a conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and wont (participle adjective, below).
Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

Synonyms

habit, ritual, routine, wone

Scrabble Score: 7

wont: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wont: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wont: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

wont: valid Words With Friends Word