both

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

(used with count nouns) two considered together; the two
- "both girls are pretty"

Det

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

Pron

Each of the two, or of the two kinds.

Conj

Including both of (used with and).
Including all of (used with and).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.

Scrabble Score: 9

both is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
both is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
both is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

both is a valid Words With Friends word