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Is bawn a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bawn is a Scrabble US word. The word bawn is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

B3A1W4N1

Is bawn a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bawn is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3A1W4N1

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4-letter words (1 found)

BAWN,

3-letter words (6 found)

AWN,BAN,NAB,NAW,WAB,WAN,

2-letter words (5 found)

AB,AN,AW,BA,NA,

You can make 12 words from bawn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bawn

bawn abwn bwan wban awbn wabn banw abnw bnaw nbaw anbw nabw bwna wbna bnwa nbwa wnba nwba awnb wanb anwb nawb wnab nwab

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Definitions and meaning of bawn

bawn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

Etymology 1

From Irish bán, alternative form of bábhún (“walled enclosure”).

Noun

bawn (plural bawns) (Ireland)

  1. A cattle-fort; a building used to shelter cattle.
    • 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated, Thomas Sheridan (editor), John Nichols (editor, revised edition), 1812, The British Classics, Volume 45: The works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D.: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume XI, page 163:
      The Grand Question Debated
      Whether Hamilton's Bawn Should be Turned into a Barrack or a Malt-house − 1729
      This Hamilton's bawn, while it sticks in my hand, / I lose by the house what I get by the land; / But how to dispose of it to the best bidder, / For a barrack or malthouse, we now must consider.
    • 1892, Joseph Jacobs (editor), Jack and His Master, Celtic Fairy Tales:
      When he was coming into the bawn at dinner-time, what work did he find Jack at but pulling armfuls of the thatch off the roof, and peeping into the holes he was making?
  2. A defensive wall built around a tower house. It was once used to protect livestock during an attack.
Derived terms
  • Hamiltonsbawn

Etymology 2

Verb

bawn

  1. Pronunciation spelling of born.

Anagrams

  • WNBA

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bau̯n/
  • Rhymes: -au̯n

Verb

bawn

  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod

Synonyms

  • byddwn

Mutation

Yola

Adjective

bawn

  1. Alternative form of baun
    • NOTES TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE
      (1) Garrane Bawn is Irish

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 98

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