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Is dyne a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dyne is a Scrabble US word. The word dyne is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

D2Y4N1E1

Is dyne a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dyne is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2Y4N1E1

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Yes. The word dyne is a Words With Friends word. The word dyne is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

DENY,DYNE,NYED,

3-letter words (7 found)

DEN,DEY,DYE,END,NED,NYE,YEN,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EN,NE,NY,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from dyne according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dyne

dyne ydne dnye ndye ynde nyde dyen yden deyn edyn yedn eydn dney ndey deny edny nedy endy yned nyed yend eynd neyd enyd

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word dyne. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in dyne.

Definitions and meaning of dyne

dyne

Etymology

From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dúnamis, “force”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dīn
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʌɪn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /daɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn
  • Homophone: dine

Noun

dyne (plural dynes)

  1. A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.

Derived terms

  • microdyne
  • millidyne
  • kilodyne
  • megadyne
  • aerodyne

Translations

Further reading

  • dyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • “dyne” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

  • E.D.N.Y., EDNY, Ynde, deny

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dýna, related to dúnn (“down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːnə/, [ˈdyːnə]

Noun

dyne c (singular definite dynen, plural indefinite dyner)

  1. continental quilt, duvet

Declension

Descendants

  • English: doona

References

  • “dyne” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /din/

Noun

dyne f (plural dynes)

  1. (physics) dyne

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

dyne

  1. Alternative form of dynen

Etymology 2

Noun

dyne

  1. Alternative form of dynne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).

Noun

dyne f or m (definite singular dyna or dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

  1. continental quilt, duvet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German [Term?] or Middle Dutch dūne.

Noun

dyne m (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

  1. a dune
Derived terms
  • sanddyne

References

  • “dyne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²dyːnə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

  1. continental quilt, duvet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dūne.

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

  1. a dune
Derived terms
  • sanddyne

References

  • “dyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *duni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdy.ne/

Noun

dyne m

  1. din

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: dynne, den, dene, deone, din, dine, done, dune, dyn, dyne
    • English: din, dun
    • Scots: dyn, din

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