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Is autumn a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word autumn is a Scrabble US word. The word autumn is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is autumn a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word autumn is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1U1T1U1M3N1

Is autumn a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word autumn is a Words With Friends word. The word autumn is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1U2T1U2M4N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

AUTUMN,

5-letter words (1 found)

MUNTU,

4-letter words (8 found)

AUNT,MAUN,MAUT,MUNT,NAMU,TUAN,TUNA,UNAU,

3-letter words (18 found)

AMU,ANT,MAN,MAT,MNA,MUN,MUT,NAM,NAT,NUT,TAM,TAN,TAU,TUM,TUN,UMU,UTA,UTU,

2-letter words (11 found)

AM,AN,AT,MA,MU,NA,NU,TA,UM,UN,UT,

You can make 39 words from autumn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of autumn

autumn

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English autumpne, from Middle French automne, from Old French automne, autonne, from Latin autumnus.

Some verb senses are from Latin autumnāre.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ôʹtəm
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəm/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔtəm/, [ˈɔɾɪ̈m], [ˈɔɾm̩]
    • (US, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑtəm/, [ˈɑɾɪ̈m], [ˈɑɾm̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɔːtəm
  • Hyphenation: au‧tumn

Noun

autumn (countable and uncountable, plural autumns)

  1. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
  2. (by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
  3. (fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.

Usage notes

Note that season names are not capitalized in modern English except where any noun would be capitalized, e.g. at the beginning of a sentence or as part of a name (Old Man Winter, the Winter War, Summer Glau). This is in contrast to the days of the week and months of the year, which are always capitalized (Thursday or September).

Synonyms

  • (season): (US, Canada) fall, (UK dialect) harvest, (UK dialect) back end.
  • (time when past prime): decline.

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Verb

autumn (third-person singular simple present autumns, present participle autumning, simple past and past participle autumned)

  1. (intransitive) To spend the autumn (in a particular place).
  2. To undergo the changes associated with autumn, such as leaves changing color and falling from trees.

See also

  • Indian summer

References


Source: wiktionary.org