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Is demesne a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word demesne is a Scrabble US word. The word demesne is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

D2E1M3E1S1N1E1

Is demesne a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word demesne is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2E1M3E1S1N1E1

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

D2E1M4E1S1N2E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

DEMESNE,SEEDMEN,

6-letter words (5 found)

EMENDS,MENSED,NEESED,SEEMED,SEMEED,

5-letter words (18 found)

DEEMS,DEENS,DEMES,DENES,DENSE,EMEND,MEEDS,MENDS,MENED,MENES,MENSE,MESNE,NEEDS,NEEMS,NEESE,SEMEE,SEMEN,SNEED,

4-letter words (28 found)

DEEM,DEEN,DEES,DEME,DENE,DENS,EMES,ENDS,ENES,ESNE,MEDS,MEED,MEES,MEND,MENE,MESE,NEDS,NEED,NEEM,SEED,SEEM,SEEN,SEME,SEND,SENE,SMEE,SNED,SNEE,

3-letter words (18 found)

DEE,DEN,EDS,EEN,EME,EMS,END,ENE,ENS,MED,MEE,MEN,MES,NED,NEE,SED,SEE,SEN,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,ED,EE,EM,EN,ES,ME,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from demesne according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of demesne

demesne

Etymology

From Middle English demayne, from Anglo-Norman demeyne, demene et al., Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”) (whence French domaine (“domain”)), a noun use of an adjective, from Latin dominicus (“belonging to a lord or master”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). See dame. Doublet of domain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈmeɪn/, /dɪˈmiːn/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mesne
  • Rhymes: -eɪn, -iːn

Noun

demesne (plural demesnes)

  1. A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.
  2. A region or area; a domain.

Derived terms

  • demesnial

Translations

References

  • “demesne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • seedmen

Old French

Adjective

demesne m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demesne)

  1. Alternative form of demaine

Noun

demesne oblique singular, m (oblique plural demesnes, nominative singular demesnes, nominative plural demesne)

  1. Alternative form of demaine

Source: wiktionary.org