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Yes. The word distrain is a Scrabble US word. The word distrain is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is distrain a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word distrain is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is distrain a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word distrain is a Words With Friends word. The word distrain is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

DISTRAIN,

7-letter words (4 found)

DIARIST,DISTAIN,INDARTS,NITRIDS,

6-letter words (19 found)

DAINTS,DINARS,DRAINS,DRANTS,IDANTS,INDART,INDIAS,INDRIS,INSTAR,ISATIN,NADIRS,NITRID,RAISIN,RANIDS,SANTIR,STRAIN,STRAND,TRAINS,TRIADS,

5-letter words (65 found)

ADITS,AIRNS,AIRTS,ANTIS,ARTIS,ASTIR,DAINT,DANTS,DARIS,DARNS,DARTS,DINAR,DINTS,DIRTS,DITAS,DRAIN,DRANT,DRATS,IDANT,INDIA,INDRI,INTIS,INTRA,IRIDS,NADIR,NARDS,NARIS,NATIS,NITID,RADII,RAIDS,RAINS,RAITS,RANDS,RANID,RANIS,RANTS,RIADS,RIANT,RINDS,SAINT,SARIN,SATIN,SITAR,SNIRT,STAID,STAIN,STAIR,STAND,STARN,STRAD,STRIA,TAINS,TARNS,TARSI,TIANS,TIARS,TINAS,TINDS,TRADS,TRAIN,TRANS,TRIAD,TRINS,TSADI,

4-letter words (90 found)

ADIT,AIDS,AINS,AIRN,AIRS,AIRT,AITS,ANDS,ANIS,ANTI,ANTS,ARDS,ARID,ARIS,ARTI,ARTS,DAIS,DANS,DANT,DARI,DARN,DART,DINS,DINT,DIRT,DISA,DITA,DITS,DRAT,INIA,INTI,IRID,IRIS,ISIT,ISNA,ITAS,NADS,NARD,NATS,NIDI,NIDS,NISI,NITS,RADS,RAID,RAIN,RAIS,RAIT,RAND,RANI,RANT,RAST,RATS,RIAD,RIAS,RIDS,RIND,RINS,RITS,SADI,SAID,SAIN,SAIR,SAND,SANT,SARD,SARI,SATI,SIDA,SIND,SIRI,SNAR,SNIT,STAR,STIR,TADS,TAIN,TAIS,TANS,TARN,TARS,TIAN,TIAR,TIDS,TINA,TIND,TINS,TRAD,TRIN,TSAR,

3-letter words (54 found)

ADS,AID,AIN,AIR,AIS,AIT,AND,ANI,ANS,ANT,ARD,ARS,ART,ATS,DAN,DAS,DIN,DIS,DIT,IDS,INS,ITA,ITS,NAS,NAT,NID,NIS,NIT,RAD,RAI,RAN,RAS,RAT,RIA,RID,RIN,RIT,SAD,SAI,SAN,SAR,SAT,SIN,SIR,SIT,SRI,TAD,TAI,TAN,TAR,TAS,TID,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AI,AN,AR,AS,AT,DA,DI,ID,IN,IS,IT,NA,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 250 words from distrain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of distrain

distrain

Etymology

From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈstɹeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Hyphenation: dis‧train

Verb

distrain (third-person singular simple present distrains, present participle distraining, simple past and past participle distrained)

  1. (obsolete) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xii:
      Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms.
  2. (law, transitive, obsolete) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
  3. (law, intransitive) To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
  4. (obsolete) To pull off, tear apart.

Synonyms

  • (to seize somebody's property in place of, or to force payment of a debt) distress

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Further reading

  • “distrain”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “distrain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “distrain”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org