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Is drown a Scrabble word?

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

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Is drown a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

DROWN,ROWND,

4-letter words (4 found)

DOWN,DROW,WORD,WORN,

3-letter words (11 found)

DON,DOR,DOW,NOD,NOR,NOW,ORD,OWN,ROD,ROW,WON,

2-letter words (7 found)

DO,NO,OD,ON,OR,OW,WO,

You can make 24 words from drown according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of drown

drown rdown dorwn odrwn rodwn ordwn drwon rdwon dwron wdron rwdon wrdon dowrn odwrn dworn wdorn owdrn wodrn rowdn orwdn rwodn wrodn owrdn wordn dronw rdonw dornw odrnw rodnw ordnw drnow rdnow dnrow ndrow rndow nrdow donrw odnrw dnorw ndorw ondrw nodrw rondw orndw rnodw nrodw onrdw nordw drwno rdwno dwrno wdrno rwdno wrdno drnwo rdnwo dnrwo ndrwo rndwo nrdwo dwnro wdnro dnwro ndwro wndro nwdro rwndo wrndo rnwdo nrwdo wnrdo nwrdo downr odwnr dwonr wdonr owdnr wodnr donwr odnwr dnowr ndowr ondwr nodwr dwnor wdnor dnwor ndwor wndor nwdor owndr wondr onwdr nowdr wnodr nwodr rownd orwnd rwond wrond owrnd wornd ronwd ornwd rnowd nrowd onrwd norwd rwnod wrnod rnwod nrwod wnrod nwrod ownrd wonrd onwrd nowrd wnord nword

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Definitions and meaning of drown

drown

Etymology

From Middle English drownen, drounen, drunen (“to drown”), of obscure and uncertain origin.

The OED suggests an unattested Old English form *drūnian. Harper 2001 points to Old English druncnian, ġedruncnian (> Middle English drunknen, dronknen (“to drown”)), "probably influenced" by Old Norse drukkna (cf. Icelandic drukkna, Danish drukne (“to drown”)). Funk & Wagnall's has 'of uncertain origin'. It has been theorised (see e.g. ODS) that it may represent a direct loan of Old Norse drukkna, but this is described by the OED as being "on phonetic and other grounds [...] highly improbable", unless one considers the possibility of an unattested variant in Old Norse *drunkna.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: droun, IPA(key): /dɹaʊn/, [d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaʊn]
  • Rhymes: -aʊn

Verb

drown (third-person singular simple present drowns, present participle drowning, simple past and past participle drowned)

  1. (intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
    Synonym: (obsolete) drench
  2. (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
    Synonym: (obsolete) drench
  3. (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  4. (transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
  5. (transitive, figurative, usually passive voice) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.

Usage notes

When using the term figuratively to describe overwhelming sounds, the form drown out is now usually employed.

Synonyms

  • (to kill by suffocating in water or another liquid): noyade
  • (to cover, as with water): flood, inundate

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Anagrams

  • N-word, n-word

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drou̯n/

Verb

drown

  1. Soft mutation of trown.

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