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Yes. The word acorn is a Scrabble US word. The word acorn is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (4 found)

ACORN,CARON,NARCO,RACON,

4-letter words (9 found)

ACRO,ARCO,CARN,CORN,CRAN,CRON,NARC,ORCA,ROAN,

3-letter words (12 found)

ARC,CAN,CAR,CON,COR,NOR,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,RAN,ROC,

2-letter words (6 found)

AN,AR,NA,NO,ON,OR,

You can make 31 words from acorn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of acorn

acorn caorn aocrn oacrn coarn ocarn acron caron arcon racon craon rcaon aorcn oarcn arocn raocn oracn roacn coran ocran croan rcoan orcan rocan aconr caonr aocnr oacnr coanr ocanr acnor canor ancor nacor cnaor ncaor aoncr oancr anocr naocr onacr noacr conar ocnar cnoar ncoar oncar nocar acrno carno arcno racno crano rcano acnro canro ancro nacro cnaro ncaro arnco ranco anrco narco rnaco nraco crnao rcnao cnrao ncrao rncao nrcao aornc oarnc aronc raonc oranc roanc aonrc oanrc anorc naorc onarc noarc arnoc ranoc anroc naroc rnaoc nraoc ornac ronac onrac norac rnoac nroac corna ocrna crona rcona orcna rocna conra ocnra cnora ncora oncra nocra crnoa rcnoa cnroa ncroa rncoa nrcoa ornca ronca onrca norca rnoca nroca

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Definitions and meaning of acorn

acorn

Alternative forms

  • achorn (Chester)

Etymology

From Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-Germanic *akraną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”). Cognate with Scots aicorn, Saterland Frisian Äkkene, Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Welsh eirin (“plums”), Breton irin (“plum”), Irish airne (“sloe”), Lithuanian úoga, Russian я́года (jágoda, “berry”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/, /ˈeɪkɚn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.kɔːn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪkɔː(ɹ)n, -eɪkə(ɹ)n

Noun

acorn (plural acorns)

  1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  2. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  3. (zoology) See acorn-shell.
  4. The glans penis.
  5. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.

Holonyms

  • (fruit of an oak): oak

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • (glans penis): Tony Thorne (2014) “acorn”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury

See also

  • acorn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Carno, Coran, Corna, acron, caron, coran, narco, narco-, racon

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • accherne, accorn, accorne, acharn, acorne, acurne, acre, akire, akkorn, akorn, hakern, ocorn

Etymology

From Old English æcern, from Proto-West Germanic *akran, from Proto-Germanic *akraną.

The last element of this word is often remodelled on corn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːkər/, /ˈakɔrn/, /ˈaːkɔrn/

Noun

acorn

  1. An acorn or similar fruit.

Descendants

  • English: acorn
  • Scots: aicorn

References

  • “ā̆korn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org