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Is darn a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word darn is a Scrabble US word. The word darn is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

D2A1R1N1

Is darn a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word darn is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

D2A1R1N1

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Yes. The word darn is a Words With Friends word. The word darn is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2A1R1N2

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4-letter words (3 found)

DARN,NARD,RAND,

3-letter words (5 found)

AND,ARD,DAN,RAD,RAN,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AN,AR,DA,NA,

You can make 13 words from darn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of darn

darn adrn dran rdan ardn radn danr adnr dnar ndar andr nadr drna rdna dnra ndra rnda nrda arnd rand anrd nard rnad nrad

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word darn. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in darn.

Definitions and meaning of darn

darn

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɑɹn/
  • (New England) IPA(key): /daːn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɑːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n

Etymology 1

A minced oath of damn.

Adjective

darn (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:damned
Derived terms
  • darn tootin'
Translations

Adverb

darn (not comparable)

  1. (degree, euphemistic) Damned.

Interjection

darn

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:dammit
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

  1. (transitive, euphemistic) damn.
Synonyms
  • dang
  • damn
Translations

Noun

darn (plural darns)

  1. (euphemistic) damn.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective).

Verb

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

  1. (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
Usage notes

Predominantly used to describe repairs to stockings or socks. The frequency of references to both follows their general prominence, references to stockings being more historically prominent, references to socks being more recently prominent.

Related terms
  • darning needle
Translations

Noun

darn (plural darns)

  1. A place mended by darning.
Further reading
  • Darning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • DNAR, DNRA, Nard, RAND, Rand, andr-, nard, rDNA, rand, rdna

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh darn, from Proto-Brythonic *darn, from Proto-Celtic *darnos, *darnā, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, separate”). Cognate with Cornish darn, Breton darn, French darne (“piece of fish”) and, more distantly, Polish darń (“sod”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /darn/
  • Rhymes: -arn

Noun

darn m or f (plural darnau)

  1. a piece, a fragment, a patch
    Synonym: pisyn
  2. a part
  3. a coin
    Synonym: darn arian
  4. a passage

Derived terms

  • tear to pieces (verb)

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “darn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 90-1

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