Is WHO a Scrabble word?
Yes. WHO is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
Meaning What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
Pronoun 4 meanings
What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
“You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)”
Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.
“That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)”
Whoever, he who, they who.
“Who dares wins.”
Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
“Who are the Miami Heat?”
Noun 1 meaning
A person under discussion; a question of which person.
Etymology
From Middle English who, hwo, huo, wha, hwoa, hwa, from Old English hwā (dative hwām, genitive hwæs), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷís.
WHO at a glance
WHO has 3 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (W 4 + H 4 + O 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #53 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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