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Is baleen a Scrabble word?

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

B3A1L1E1E1N1

Is baleen a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3A1L1E1E1N1

Is baleen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word baleen is a Words With Friends word. The word baleen is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1L2E1E1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

BALEEN,ENABLE,

5-letter words (5 found)

ABELE,ALBEE,ANELE,LEBEN,NEBEL,

4-letter words (18 found)

ABLE,ALBE,ALEE,BAEL,BALE,BANE,BEAL,BEAN,BEEN,BENE,BLAE,BLEE,EALE,ELAN,LANE,LEAN,NABE,NEAL,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALB,ALE,ANE,BAE,BAL,BAN,BEE,BEL,BEN,EAN,EEL,EEN,ENE,LAB,LEA,LEE,NAB,NAE,NEB,NEE,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AE,AL,AN,BA,BE,EA,EE,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from baleen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of baleen

baleen

Etymology

From Middle English baleyne, from Old French baleine (“whale, whalebone”), from Latin balaena (“whale”), from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “whale”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈliːn/, /ˈbeɪliːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn, -eɪliːn

Noun

baleen (countable and uncountable, plural baleens)

  1. (physiology, uncountable) The keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
    Synonym: whalebone
  2. (zoology, countable) A baleen whale,
  3. (obsolete) A whale or other large fish.

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References

  • James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Baleen”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635, column 2.

Anagrams

  • enable

Basque

Noun

baleen

  1. genitive plural of balea

Spanish

Verb

baleen

  1. inflection of balear:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Source: wiktionary.org