WORTH
What does "WORTH" mean?
The value, usefulness, or importance of something.
Meanings
- Having a specified value; deserving of or good enough to justify something. The detour was worth it for that view.
- The value or importance of someone or something, whether in money or in merit. She proved her worth in the first week on the job.
- An amount of something equivalent to a stated value. He bought ten dollars' worth of stamps.
Did you know?
- The '-worth' in town names like Tamworth and Wandsworth comes from an Old English word for an enclosed homestead - a relative of 'worth' meaning value, so those places are named for a settled plot of ground.
Word origin
From Old English 'weorth' (valuable, worthy; value, price), from a Germanic root. A related Old English word for an enclosed homestead survives in place names ending in '-worth'.
Remember it
WORTH starts with 'wor' like 'worthy' and ends in TH - what a thing is WORTH is the truTH of its value.
A little poem
No price tag tells the whole amount-
some things the market cannot count,
yet still you feel their quiet weight.
tercet
What it teaches
Price is what a market will pay; worth is what you would still keep when no one is buying.
Quick facts
What does WORTH mean?
The value, usefulness, or importance of something.
Is WORTH a valid word?
Yes — WORTH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WORTH?
WORTH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WORTH come from?
From Old English 'weorth' (valuable, worthy; value, price), from a Germanic root. A related Old English word for an enclosed homestead survives in place names ending in '-worth'.
What can WORTH teach us?
Price is what a market will pay; worth is what you would still keep when no one is buying.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.