worrywart
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of worrywart
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
“It doesn't mean you're a worrywart, a nervous wreck or in need of heavy medication.”
“On vacation, I'm a worrywart for fretting about third-degree burns and puncture wounds.”
“When Biden takes the presidential oath in January, many will write articles scolding those who expressed concern about a coup as worrywarts, or as people misusing terminology.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From worry + wart, apparently chosen for alliteration. Presumably related to earlier worryguts. Attested 1956, but earlier examples are found in newspapers of the 1930s and 1940s.
Words you can make from worrywart
71 playable · top: ARROWY (12 pts)
Best play arrowy 12 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
4 words4-letter words
20 words3-letter words
32 words- WAW 9 pts
- WAY 9 pts
- WOW 9 pts
- WRY 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YOW 9 pts
- OWT 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- ROW 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TOW 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- TWO 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WOT 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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