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Is doyen a Scrabble word?

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

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Is doyen a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2O1Y4E1N1

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5-letter words (2 found)

DOYEN,NOYED,

4-letter words (8 found)

DENY,DOEN,DONE,DYNE,NODE,NYED,YODE,YOND,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEN,DEY,DOE,DON,DOY,DYE,END,EON,NED,NOD,NOY,NYE,ODE,ONE,ONY,OYE,YEN,YOD,YON,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DO,ED,EN,NE,NO,NY,OD,OE,ON,OY,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from doyen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of doyen

doyen odyen dyoen ydoen oyden yoden doeyn odeyn deoyn edoyn oedyn eodyn dyeon ydeon deyon edyon yedon eydon oyedn yoedn oeydn eoydn yeodn eyodn doyne odyne dyone ydone oydne yodne donye odnye dnoye ndoye ondye nodye dynoe ydnoe dnyoe ndyoe yndoe nydoe oynde yonde onyde noyde ynode nyode doeny odeny deony edony oedny eodny doney odney dnoey ndoey ondey nodey denoy ednoy dneoy ndeoy endoy nedoy oendy eondy onedy noedy enody neody dyeno ydeno deyno edyno yedno eydno dyneo ydneo dnyeo ndyeo yndeo nydeo denyo ednyo dneyo ndeyo endyo nedyo yendo eyndo ynedo nyedo enydo neydo oyend yoend oeynd eoynd yeond eyond oyned yoned onyed noyed ynoed nyoed oenyd eonyd oneyd noeyd enoyd neoyd yenod eynod yneod nyeod enyod neyod

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Definitions and meaning of doyen

doyen

Etymology

Borrowed from French doyen, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem. Compare the doublet dean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔɪ.ən/, /dɔɪˈɛn/
  • (to approximate the French pronunciation) IPA(key): /dwɑˈjæ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪən, -ɛn

Noun

doyen (plural doyens)

  1. (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.
  2. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
  3. (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
    • 2008 July 3, Amanda Schaffer, “The Sex Difference Evangelists”, part 3: “Mars, Venus, Babies, and Hormones”, in Slate,
      In an interview, even Simon Baron-Cohen, another doyen of sex-difference claims, offered up some caution.

Related terms

  • dean (doublet)
  • doyenne

Translations

Anagrams

  • Doney, Doyne, doney, noyed

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dwa.jɛ̃/

Noun

doyen m (plural doyens, feminine doyenne)

  1. (religion, university) dean
  2. senior member, doyen

Related terms

Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *thōien, from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną.

Verb

dôyen

  1. to thaw, to melt
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: dooien

Etymology 2

Verb

dôyen

  1. Alternative form of douwen
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “doyen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “doyen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “doyen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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