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Is coin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word coin is a Scrabble US word. The word coin is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

C3O1I1N1

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C3O1I1N1

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4-letter words (4 found)

CION,COIN,CONI,ICON,

3-letter words (2 found)

CON,ION,

2-letter words (5 found)

IN,IO,NO,OI,ON,

You can make 11 words from coin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of coin

coin

English

Etymology

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping), from Latin cuneus (wedge). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (cornerstone). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔɪn/
  • (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA(key): /kwaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪn
  • Homophones: coign, quoin

Noun

coin (countable and uncountable, plural coins)

  1. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
  2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
    Synonym: chip
  3. (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
  4. (uncountable, figurative) Something in broad circulation or use.
  5. (uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
    Synonyms: money; see also Thesaurus:money
  6. (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
  7. A corner or external angle.
    Synonyms: wedge, quoin
  8. A small circular slice of food.
  9. (informal, cryptocurrencies) A cryptocurrency; a cryptocoin.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cantonese: coins (kon1 si2) (from the plural noun form)
  • Japanese: コイン (koin)

Translations

Verb

coin (third-person singular simple present coins, present participle coining, simple past and past participle coined)

  1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
    Synonyms: mint, manufacture
  2. (by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
    Synonyms: invent, originate
  3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • ICON, Nico, cion, coni, icon

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwɛ̃/
  • Homophones: coing, coings, coins

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French coin m, from Latin cuneus m (wedge), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (sting).

Noun

coin m (plural coins)

  1. wedge, cornerpiece
  2. corner
  3. area, part, place, spot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

coin

  1. quack

Further reading

  • “coin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪnʲ/

Noun

coin

  1. inflection of :
    1. (archaic) dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Mutation

Middle English

Noun

coin

  1. alternative form of coyn (coin, quoin)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konʲ/

Noun

coin

  1. inflection of :
    1. accusative/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual
    3. nominative plural

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔɲ/

Noun

coin m

  1. inflection of :
    1. genitive/vocative singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “cù”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 184

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