Definitions for whence

whence whence

Spelling: [hwens, wens]
IPA: /ʰwɛns, wɛns/

Whence is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in whence (ceehnw).

Definitions for whence

adverb

  1. from what place?:
  2. from what source, origin, or cause?:

conjunction

  1. from what place, source, cause, etc.:

Origin of whence

1250-1300; Middle English whennes, whannes, equivalent to whanne (by syncope from Old English hwanone whence) + -s -s1

Examples for whence

So, like a good troll, please go back under the bridge from whence you came.

What good would it do her to know who he was, from whence he came, or whither he was going?

Then the man got dressed, got back on his bicycle and rode off from whence he came.

Knock at the door, whence the sable line of the funeral is next to issue!

I asked, 'Is this the divine home, whence I departed into the body?'

We still stood by the open door, whence we had watched the carriage disappear.

Egyptians leave the country to seek work elsewhere, whence they can send remittances home.

In a moment, by one word, I can throw you back into the slough from whence I dragged you.

And where was this magical land of Khorasan, whence the conquerors would come?

It is no longer exclusively the domain of “the ghetto” from whence it came.

Word Value for whence
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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