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Is around a Scrabble word?

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

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Is around a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word around is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is around a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word around is a Words With Friends word. The word around is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

AROUND,

5-letter words (6 found)

ADORN,ANDRO,DOUAR,DOURA,RADON,ROUND,

4-letter words (22 found)

DARN,DAUR,DONA,DOUN,DOUR,DUAN,DUAR,DURA,DURN,DURO,NARD,NURD,ORAD,OURN,RAND,RAUN,ROAD,ROAN,RUND,UDON,UNDO,URAO,

3-letter words (25 found)

ADO,AND,ARD,DAN,DON,DOR,DUN,DUO,NOD,NOR,NUR,OAR,ODA,ORA,ORD,OUD,OUR,RAD,RAN,ROD,RUD,RUN,UDO,URD,URN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AN,AR,DA,DO,NA,NO,NU,OD,ON,OR,OU,UN,UR,

You can make 68 words from around according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of around

around

Alternative forms

  • round
  • arownd (obsolete)
  • ron (Bermuda)
  • 'round (contraction)

Etymology

From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- +‎ round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)). See umbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɹaʊnd/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnd
  • Hyphenation: a‧round

Preposition

around

  1. Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
    Synonym: (obsolete) environ
  2. (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.
    Synonym: (obsolete) environ
  3. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
  4. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
  5. Near; in the vicinity of.
  6. At or to various places within.

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Adjective

around (not comparable)

  1. (informal, predicative only, with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity.
  2. (informal, predicative only, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.

Derived terms

  • be around

Translations

Adverb

around (not comparable)

  1. So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
    High above, vultures circled around.
  2. So as to surround or be near.
    Everybody please gather around.
    There isn't another house for miles around.
  3. Nearly; approximately; about.
  4. From place to place.
  5. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
    (see bring around, come around)
    (see bring around, come around)
  6. (with turn, spin, etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
  7. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
  8. Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
    sit around, mess around, loaf around

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See also

  • Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (around)
  • round
  • about

Middle English

Adverb

around

  1. Alternative form of arounde

Source: wiktionary.org