Aunt in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is aunt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word aunt is a Scrabble US word. The word aunt is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is aunt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word aunt is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

A1U1N1T1

Is aunt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word aunt is a Words With Friends word. The word aunt is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

AUNT,TUAN,TUNA,

3-letter words (7 found)

ANT,NAT,NUT,TAN,TAU,TUN,UTA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AN,AT,NA,NU,TA,UN,UT,

You can make 17 words from aunt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of aunt

aunt uant anut naut unat nuat autn uatn atun taun utan tuan antu natu atnu tanu ntau tnau unta nuta utna tuna ntua tnua

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Definitions and meaning of aunt

aunt

Etymology

From Middle English aunte, from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (father's sister). Displaced native Middle English modrie (aunt) (from Old English mōdriġe (maternal aunt); compare Old English faþu, faþe (paternal aunt)).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: änt, IPA(key): /ɑːnt/
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ɑːnt]
    • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [äːnt], [ɐːnt]
    • (Atlantic Canada, Tidewater, General South African) IPA(key): [ɒːnt]
    • (New England) IPA(key): [ɑːnt], [aːnt]
    • (AAVE) IPA(key): [äːnt], [ɑːnt]
    Rhymes: -ɑːnt
    Homophone: aren't (in some non-rhotic accents)
  • enPR: ănt, IPA(key): /ænt/
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): [ænt], [ɛənt], [eənt]
    • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): [ant], [ænt]
    Rhymes: -ænt
    Homophone: ant
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ant/, [änt]
  • (New England) enPR: ônt, IPA(key): /ɔnt/
    Rhymes: -ɔːnt
  • (AAVE) enPR: ŭnt, IPA(key): /ʌnt/
    Rhymes: -ʌnt
  • (Southern American English) enPR: ānt, IPA(key): /eɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪnt
    Homophone: ain't

Noun

aunt (plural aunts)

  1. The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
  2. The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
  3. (endearing) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
  4. (obsolete) Any elderly woman.
  5. (obsolete) A procuress or bawd.

Synonyms

  • auntie, aunty (diminutive)
  • auntyji (India, as a respectful term of address)
  • naunt (nonstandard, proscribed, dated)

Antonyms

  • (with regard to gender) uncle
  • (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew

Hypernyms

  • (sibling of someone's parent) auncle, pibling (nonstandard)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

  • tante

Descendants

  • Hawaiian: ʻanakē
  • Irish: aint
  • Pennsylvania German: Aent
  • Yoruba: àǹtí

Translations

Several languages distinguish between blood aunts (one's parent's sister) and in-law aunts (one's parent's sister-in-law), some distinguish between paternal and maternal aunts, and some distinguish between one's parent's older siblings and younger siblings.

See also

  • materteral

References

Further reading

  • aunt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • -naut, Tuna, naut., tuan, tuna

Middle English

Noun

aunt

  1. Alternative form of aunte

Source: wiktionary.org