worthy
Having worth, merit, or value.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having worth, merit, or value.
Admirable or honourable.
Deserving, or having sufficient worth.
Suited; suitable; befitting.
Noun 2 meanings
A distinguished or eminent person.
a good, wise and virtuous person.
“Confucius and Mencius are revered as the sages and worthies of Confucianism.”
Verb 1 meaning
To render or treat as worthy.
Etymology
From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from Old English *weorþiġ (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugur (“worthy”).
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WORTHY at a glance
WORTHY has 6 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (W 4 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + H 4 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,342 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with worthy
All rhymes- HEALTHY16
- WEALTHY16
- SYMPATHY21
- LENGTHY14
- TIMOTHY15
- FILTHY15
- EMPATHY17
- UNHEALTHY18
- TRUSTWORTHY20
- NOTEWORTHY19
- APATHY14
- UNWORTHY17
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- WORTHS12
- FORTHY15
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