Definition of wept

"wept" in the verb sense

1. cry, weep

shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

"She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"

"The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

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Quotations for wept

Love, Gratitude, and Pity wept at once. [ Thomson ]

Upon her cheeks she wept, and from those showers
Sprang up a sweet nativity of flowers. [ Herrick ]

I wept when I was born, and every day shows why. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

She wept to feel her life so desolate,
And wept still more because the world had made it
So desolate: yet was the world her all;
She loathed it, but she knew it was her all. [ Dr. Walter Smith ]

I wept when I was born, and now every day shews why. [ Proverb ]

He had kept the whiteness of his soul, and thus men over him wept. [ Byron ]

I have not wept these forty years; but now my mother comes afresh into my eyes. [ Dryden ]

Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears. [ Charles S. Robinson ]

wept in Scrabble®

The word wept is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters wept:

WEPT
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word wept

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The 83 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In wept

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wept in Words With Friends™

The word wept is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters wept:

WEPT
(54)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word wept

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The 89 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In wept

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Words within the letters of wept

2 letter words in wept (2 words)

3 letter words in wept (3 words)

4 letter words in wept (1 word)

wept + 1 blank (3 words)

wept + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence wept

Words that start with wept (1 word)

Words with wept in them (2 words)

Word Growth involving wept

Shorter words in wept

we

Longer words containing wept

outwept

swept backswept

swept chimneyswept

swept outswept

swept rainswept

swept reswept

swept sweptback

swept underswept

swept unswept

swept upswept

swept windswept

unwept