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Is acquaint a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word acquaint is a Scrabble US word. The word acquaint is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

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Is acquaint a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acquaint is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

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Is acquaint a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word acquaint is a Words With Friends word. The word acquaint is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

ACQUAINT,

7-letter words (2 found)

AQUATIC,QUANTIC,

6-letter words (7 found)

ACQUIT,ANICUT,NAUTIC,QUAINT,QUANTA,QUINTA,TUNICA,

5-letter words (14 found)

ACTIN,ANTIC,CUNIT,CUTIN,INCUT,QANAT,QUANT,QUINA,QUINT,TACAN,TUINA,TUNIC,UNCIA,UNICA,

4-letter words (26 found)

ACAI,ACTA,AITU,ANTA,ANTI,AQUA,ATUA,AUNT,CAIN,CANT,CINQ,CUIT,CUNT,QUAI,QUAT,QUIN,QUIT,TAIN,TANA,TIAN,TINA,TUAN,TUNA,UNAI,UNCI,UNIT,

3-letter words (29 found)

ACT,AIA,AIN,AIT,ANA,ANI,ANT,AUA,CAA,CAN,CAT,CIT,CUT,ITA,NAT,NIT,NUT,QAT,QIN,QUA,TAI,TAN,TAU,TIC,TIN,TUI,TUN,UNI,UTA,

2-letter words (13 found)

AA,AI,AN,AT,IN,IT,NA,NU,QI,TA,TI,UN,UT,

You can make 92 words from acquaint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acquaint

acquaint

Etymology

From Middle English aqueynten, acointen, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognoscō, from Latin cognoscō, from nōscō. See also quaint, know.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈkweɪnt/
  • Hyphenation: ac‧quaint
  • Rhymes: -eɪnt

Verb

acquaint (third-person singular simple present acquaints, present participle acquainting, simple past and past participle acquainted)

  1. (transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
  2. (transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
    • October 2 1642, Isaac Basire, letter to John Evelyn
      What success it may further have I shall acquaint you at my coming over

Synonyms

  • (to make familiar): familiarize
  • (to communicate notice to): advise, apprise, inform; See also Thesaurus:inform
  • (to familiarize; to accustom): habituate, inure

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

acquaint (not comparable)

  1. (now chiefly Scotland) Acquainted. [from 14th c.]

Related terms

References

  • “acquaint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “acquaint”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “acquaint”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Scots

Adjective

acquaint

  1. Alternative form of acquant

References

  • “acquaint, ppl.adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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