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Is disown a Scrabble word?

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

D2I1S1O1W4N1

Is disown a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2I1S1O1W4N1

Is disown a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word disown is a Words With Friends word. The word disown is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1S1O1W4N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

DISOWN,INDOWS,

5-letter words (6 found)

DINOS,DOWNS,INDOW,SOWND,WINDS,WINOS,

4-letter words (19 found)

DINO,DINS,DONS,DOWN,DOWS,IONS,NIDS,NODI,NODS,NOWS,OWNS,SIND,SNOD,SNOW,SOWN,WIND,WINO,WINS,WONS,

3-letter words (28 found)

DIN,DIS,DON,DOS,DOW,DSO,IDS,INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NID,NIS,NOD,NOS,NOW,ODS,OIS,ONS,OWN,SIN,SOD,SON,SOW,WIN,WIS,WON,WOS,

2-letter words (15 found)

DI,DO,ID,IN,IO,IS,NO,OD,OI,ON,OS,OW,SI,SO,WO,

You can make 70 words from disown according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of disown

disown

Etymology

dis- +‎ own

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈəʊn/
  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

disown (third-person singular simple present disowns, present participle disowning, simple past and past participle disowned)

  1. (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
  2. (transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
    Synonyms: disavow, disclaim; see also Thesaurus:repudiate
  3. (transitive, computing, Unix) To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.

Usage notes

Particularly used of parents regarding their children (although it can also be used between siblings), and stronger than the similar estrange, which can also be used of children regarding their parents, or of siblings.

Translations

Anagrams

  • indows

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