anywhere
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- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of anywhere
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adv
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(not-comparable)In or at any location.
“I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.”
“I'd rather be anywhere else.”
“For many 'home' is an affectation when used anywhere that 'house' would be appropriate, as in 'Home for Sale'.”
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adv
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(not-comparable)In or at any location.
“I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.”
“I'd rather be anywhere else.”
“For many 'home' is an affectation when used anywhere that 'house' would be appropriate, as in 'Home for Sale'.”
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(not-comparable)To (in the direction of) any location.
“Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner.”
“I'm staying home today. I'm not going anywhere.”
“Are you going anywhere special this weekend?”
pron
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Any location or an unknown location.
“Anywhere is better than here!”
noun
- (informal, uncommon)A person without strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where English anywhere From any + where.
Words you can make from anywhere
134 playable · top: YEEHAW (15 pts)
Best play yeehaw 15 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
15 words4-letter words
46 words- WHEY 13 pts
- AWNY 10 pts
- AWRY 10 pts
- HEWN 10 pts
- HWAN 10 pts
- NYAH 10 pts
- WANY 10 pts
- WARY 10 pts
- WHEE 10 pts
- WHEN 10 pts
- YAWN 10 pts
- YEAH 10 pts
- AERY 7 pts
- ANEW 7 pts
- AWEE 7 pts
- EERY 7 pts
- EWER 7 pts
- EYEN 7 pts
- EYER 7 pts
- EYNE 7 pts
- EYRA 7 pts
- EYRE 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- NARY 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- WANE 7 pts
- WARE 7 pts
- WARN 7 pts
- WEAN 7 pts
- WEAR 7 pts
- WEEN 7 pts
- WEER 7 pts
- WERE 7 pts
- WREN 7 pts
- YARE 7 pts
- YARN 7 pts
- YEAN 7 pts
- YEAR 7 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
3-letter words
52 words- WHY 12 pts
- HAW 9 pts
- HAY 9 pts
- HEW 9 pts
- HEY 9 pts
- WAY 9 pts
- WHA 9 pts
- WRY 9 pts
- WYE 9 pts
- WYN 9 pts
- YAH 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YEH 9 pts
- YEW 9 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- EEW 6 pts
- EWE 6 pts
- EYE 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
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- RYE 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WEE 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
2-letter words
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