wheat
Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
Noun 2 meanings
Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
“They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.”
A light brown color, like that of wheat.
“They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.
Etymology
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”).
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WHEAT at a glance
WHEAT has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (W 4 + H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,974 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with wheat
All rhymesOne letter away
- CHEAT10
- WHEAL11
- WHEAR11
- WHEFT14
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