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   What

   /(h)wət/

   

   pronoun

   • 1. asking for information specifying something: "what is your name?"
   • ▪ asking for repetition of something not heard or confirmation of something not understood: "what? I can't hear you"
   • 2. the thing or things that (used in specifying something): "what we need is a commitment"
   • ▪ (referring to the whole of an amount) whatever: "I want to do what I can to make a difference"
   • ▪ who or that: dialect "the one what got to my house"
   • 3. (in exclamations) emphasizing something surprising or remarkable: "what some people do for attention!"

   determiner

   • 1. asking for information specifying something: "what time is it?"
   • 2. (referring to the whole of an amount) whatever: "he had been robbed of what little money he had"
   • 3. (in exclamations) how great or remarkable: "what luck!"

   adverb

   • 1. to what extent?: "what does it matter?"
   • 2. used to indicate an estimate or approximation: "see you, what, about four?"
   • 3. used for emphasis or to invite agreement: informal, dated "pretty poor show, what?"

   Word Origin Old Englishhwæt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wat and German was, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin quod.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • W

     4

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

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