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Is citizen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word citizen is a Scrabble US word. The word citizen is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is citizen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word citizen is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

C3I1T1I1Z10E1N1

Is citizen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word citizen is a Words With Friends word. The word citizen is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

CITIZEN,ZINCITE,

6-letter words (1 found)

INCITE,

4-letter words (15 found)

CENT,CINE,CITE,ETIC,INTI,NICE,NITE,TEIN,TICE,TINE,ZEIN,ZINC,ZINE,ZITE,ZITI,

3-letter words (14 found)

CIT,ICE,NET,NIE,NIT,TEC,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,TIZ,ZEN,ZIN,ZIT,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ET,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 41 words from citizen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of citizen

citizen

Alternative forms

  • cytesin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English citeseyn, citezein, borrowed from Anglo-Norman citesain (“burgher; city-dweller”), citezein etc., probably a variant of cithein under influence of deinzein (“denizen”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French citeain etc. and citaien, citeien etc. ("burgher"; modern French citoyen), from cité ("settlement; cathedral city, city"; modern French cité) + -ain or -ien (“-an, -ian”). See city and hewe.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɪzən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɪzən/, /ˈsɪtɪsən/

Noun

citizen (plural citizens)

  1. A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties. [from 14th c.]
    Synonyms: burgess, burgher, cityite, freeman
    Hyponyms: citess, (female) citizeness
  2. A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]
    I am a Roman citizen.
    Synonyms: countryman, national
    Antonyms: alien, illegal alien, foreigner, (colloquial) illegal
    Hyponyms: first-class citizen, second-class citizen, third-class citizen, native, naturalized citizen, senior citizen, corporate citizen
  3. An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place. [from 14th c.]
    Synonyms: denizen, local, inhabitant, native, occupant, resident
    Antonyms: alien, outsider, stranger
  4. (Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]
  5. A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group. [from 16th c.]
  6. (obsolete) An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other. [17th–19th c.]
  7. (now historical, usually capitalized) A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists. [from 18th c.]
    Synonym: (term of address among communists) comrade
  8. (computing) An object.
    Hyponyms: first-class citizen, second-class citizen, third-class citizen

Synonyms

  • burgess
  • burgher
  • denizen
  • townsman, townswoman

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "resident of a city"): countryfolk, country gentleman, countryman, peasant, villager

Hyponyms

  • (person who is legally recognized as a member or resident): first-class citizen, second-class citizen, third-class citizen

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References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "citizen, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2014.

Anagrams

  • zincite

Source: wiktionary.org