1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Dauphin in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does dauphin mean? Is dauphin a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is dauphin worth? dauphin how many points in Words With Friends? What does dauphin mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for dauphin

See how to calculate how many points for dauphin.

Is dauphin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dauphin is a Scrabble US word. The word dauphin is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

D2A1U1P3H4I1N1

Is dauphin a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dauphin is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

D2A1U1P3H4I1N1

Is dauphin a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dauphin is a Words With Friends word. The word dauphin is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2A1U2P4H3I1N2

Our tools

Valid words made from Dauphin

Jump to...

Results

7-letter words (1 found)

DAUPHIN,

6-letter words (2 found)

UNPAID,UPHAND,

5-letter words (5 found)

AHIND,APHID,HINAU,HUDNA,UNHIP,

4-letter words (18 found)

DUAN,HAIN,HAND,HAPU,HAUD,HAUN,HIND,HUIA,NIPA,PADI,PAID,PAIN,PAND,PIAN,PINA,PUHA,PUNA,UNAI,

3-letter words (38 found)

AHI,AID,AIN,AND,ANI,DAH,DAN,DAP,DIN,DIP,DUH,DUI,DUN,DUP,HAD,HAN,HAP,HID,HIN,HIP,HUI,HUN,HUP,NAH,NAP,NID,NIP,PAD,PAH,PAN,PHI,PIA,PIN,PIU,PUD,PUH,PUN,UNI,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AH,AI,AN,DA,DI,HA,HI,ID,IN,NA,NU,PA,PI,UH,UN,UP,

You can make 81 words from dauphin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dauphin

dauphin

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Dauphin, from Middle French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus; the modern pronunciation is sometimes remodelled on Modern French. Doublet of dolphin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊ.fæ̃/, /ˈdɔː.fɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /doʊˈfæ̃/, /ˈdɔ.fɪn/, /ˈdɔ.fən/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːfɪn

Noun

dauphin (plural dauphins)

  1. The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.
  2. (allegorical) An eldest son.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • pudhina

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French dauphin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdofɛːn]
  • Hyphenation: dau‧phin

Noun

dauphin m anim (feminine dauphine)

  1. dauphin (the eldest son of the king of France and heir apparent to the French throne)

Declension

Further reading

  • dauphin in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dauphin in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dauphin in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /do.fɛ̃/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus.

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins)

  1. dolphin
  2. (heraldry) dolphin; the animal used as a charge
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Haitian Creole: dofen

Etymology 2

From French proper name Dauphin through association with crown princes of the name, from French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus.

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins, feminine dauphine)

  1. successor, dauphin
  2. runner-up
Derived terms
  • dauphinat
Related terms
  • delphinal
Descendants
  • → Arabic: دوفِين (dōfīn)
  • → Bulgarian: дофин (dofin)
  • → Czech: dauphin
  • → English: dauphin
  • → Estonian: dofään
  • → German: Dauphin
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دوفَن (dofen)
    • Turkish: dofen
  • → Persian: دوفَن (dofan)
  • → Polish: delfin (semantic loan)
  • → Portuguese: dauphin
  • → Portuguese: delfim (semantic loan)
  • → Romanian: delfin (semantic loan)
  • → Russian: дофи́н (dofín)
    • → Azerbaijani: dofin
    • → Uzbek: dofin
  • → Spanish: delfín (semantic loan)
  • → Ukrainian: дофі́н (dofín)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French dauphin. Doublet of delfim.

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins)

  1. (historical) dauphin (eldest son of the king of France)
    Synonym: delfim

Source: wiktionary.org