who
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Is who a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of who?
Definition
pron (English)
1. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.Examples: "You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)"; "I don't know who it is. (indirect question)"; "Ia[go]. Hee’s married. Caſ[ſio]. To who? […] Ia[go]. Marry to. ---- Come Captaine, will you goe? Oth[ello]. Ha, with who?"interrogativenominativepluralsingular
2. (relative) Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.Examples: "That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)"; "My sister, who works in the accounts department, just got promoted to manager. (non-defining)"; "Chorban: I don't really think my scanning disturbs them, but the authorities might disagree. Chorban: I'd like to do it more openly, but it's not really worth getting arrested over. Shepard: I could help you out. I'm not worried about the authorities. Chorban: I don't even know who you are."nominativepluralrelativesingular
3. (relative) Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.Examples: "That's the man who I saw earlier."; "My brother, who you met the other day, is coming to stay for the weekend."nominativepluralrelativesingular
4. (fused relative, archaic or marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.Examples: "Who insults my mother insults me."; "Give it to who deserves it."; "Who steals my purse steals trash."nominativepluralsingular
5. (informal, especially non-US) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.Examples: "Who are the Miami Heat?"informalnominativepluralsingular
det (English)
1. (interrogative, dialect, African-American Vernacular) whoseExamples: "Who phone just rang?"dialectalinterrogative
name (English)
1. (fandom slang) The television show Doctor Who.Examples: "After three event episodes in a row (the finale, Christmas special and season opener), “Tooth and Claw” is the first “regular” episode of Who we've had in a while."; "This is as wildly different to any episode of Who so far. It's fab."slang
Definition source: Wiktionary