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watts

watts is the plural of watt.

Meaning of watt

Noun

watt (plural watts)

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second.

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Proper noun capitalized: Watts

Watts

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
    • But Republicans and Porter's Democratic primary opponents have seized on an interview from last month that widely surfaced the week of Oct. 6 in which she reprimands CBS News California journalist Julie Watts multiple times.2025 October 8, Jay Stahl, “Katie Porter goes viral again. This time, for berating a reporter.”, in USA Today
  2. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, located in the southern part of the city.
  3. A town in Adair County, Oklahoma.
  4. A township in Perry County, Pennsylvania.

Origin of watts

Patronymic surname from the Middle English given name Wat, derived from Walter, equivalent to Watt + -s.

Words formed from watts

Questions about watts

What does watts mean?
Watts means a surname transferred from the given name.
What is watts the plural of?
Watts is the plural of watt.
What part of speech is watts?
Watts is a proper noun.

Words near watts in the dictionary

  1. Watton-at-Stone
  2. Wattons
  3. wattoside
  4. Wattpadder
  5. Wattpadders
  6. watts
  7. wattshode
  8. Wattsian
  9. Wattwil
  10. watusi
  11. watusied

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watts (page history and authors); Watts (page history and authors); watt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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