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Is darken a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word darken is a Scrabble US word. The word darken is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

D2A1R1K5E1N1

Is darken a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word darken is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

D2A1R1K5E1N1

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

D2A1R1K5E1N2

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6-letter words (4 found)

DANKER,DARKEN,NARKED,RANKED,

5-letter words (14 found)

ANKER,ARKED,DAKER,DEARN,DENAR,DRAKE,DRANK,KNEAD,NAKED,NAKER,NERKA,RAKED,RANKE,REDAN,

4-letter words (33 found)

AKED,ARED,DANK,DARE,DARK,DARN,DEAN,DEAR,DERN,DREK,EARD,EARN,KADE,KAED,KANE,KARN,KERN,KNAR,NARD,NARE,NARK,NEAR,NERD,NERK,RADE,RAKE,RAND,RANK,READ,REAK,REAN,REND,RENK,

3-letter words (27 found)

AKE,AND,ANE,ARD,ARE,ARK,DAE,DAK,DAN,DEN,EAN,EAR,END,ERA,ERK,ERN,KAE,KEA,KED,KEN,NAE,NED,NEK,RAD,RAN,RED,REN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AE,AN,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,ER,KA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from darken according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of darken

darken

Etymology

From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), from Proto-West Germanic *dirkinōn (“to darken”), equivalent to dark +‎ -en.

Cognate with Scots derken, durken (“to darken”), Old High German tarchanjan, terchinen (“to darken”), Middle High German terken, derken (“to darken”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑɹkən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːkən/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kən

Verb

darken (third-person singular simple present darkens, present participle darkening, simple past and past participle darkened)

  1. (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
  2. (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
  3. (impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
  4. (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
  5. (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
  6. (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
  7. (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
    • 1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian, London: T. Cadell Jun[ior] and W. Davies, Volume 2, Chapter 9, p. 303,[9]
      His countenance darkened while he spoke […]
  8. (transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
    • 1773, Samuel Johnson, letter to James Boswell dated 5 July, 1773, in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume I, London: Charles Dilly, p. 424,[10]
      When your letter came to me, I was so darkened by an inflammation in my eye, that I could not for some time read it.
  9. (intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
  10. (transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
  11. (transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
  12. (intransitive) To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • blacken
  • swarten

Derived terms

Related terms

  • dark

Translations

Anagrams

  • Danker, Kendra, danker, de-rank, derank, endark, kendra, narked, ranked

Source: wiktionary.org