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Is engine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word engine is a Scrabble US word. The word engine is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

E1N1G2I1N1E1

Is engine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word engine is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

E1N1G2I1N1E1

Is engine a Words With Friends word?

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

E1N2G3I1N2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

ENGINE,

5-letter words (2 found)

EIGNE,GENIE,

4-letter words (6 found)

EINE,GENE,GIEN,GINN,NENE,NINE,

3-letter words (12 found)

EEN,ENE,ENG,GEE,GEN,GIE,GIN,ING,INN,NEE,NEG,NIE,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,EN,GI,IN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 27 words from engine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of engine

engine

Etymology

From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), from ingenitum, past participle of ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈɪnd͡ʒɪn/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛnd͡ʒən/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈend͡ʒɪn/, /ˈend͡ʒən/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈend͡ʒɘn/
  • Hyphenation: en‧gine
  • Rhymes: -ɛndʒɪn, -endʒɪn, -endʒən, -ɪndʒɪn

Noun

engine (plural engines)

  1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. [from 14th c.]
  2. (now archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement. [from 14th c.]
  3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]
  4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. [from 16th c.]
  6. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. [from 19th c.]
  7. A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track. [from 19th c.]
  9. (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). [from 20th c.]
  10. (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. [13th–17th c.]
  11. (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. [13th–18th c.]
  12. (obsolete) Natural talent; genius. [14th–17th c.]
  13. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Synonyms

  • motor
  • locomotive

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Related terms

Descendants

  • → Afrikaans: enjin
  • → Bengali: ইঞ্জিন (injin)
  • → Hindi: इंजन (iñjan)
  • → Japanese: エンジン
    • → Hakka: 引擎 (ên-chín)
    • → Min Nan: 引擎 (ia̋n-jín)
  • → Malay: enjin
    • Indonesian: enjin
  • → Scottish Gaelic: einnsean
  • → Swahili: injini
  • → Shanghainese: 引擎 (in¹-jin⁶)
    • → Chinese: 引擎 (yǐnqíng)

Translations

Verb

engine (third-person singular simple present engines, present participle engining, simple past and past participle engined)

  1. (transitive, dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To assault with an engine.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive; to put into action.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ginnee

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • N展 (en1 zin2), N剪
  • engin

Etymology 1

From clipping of English engineering.

Pronunciation

Noun

engine

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) engineering industry; engineer
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) engineering

Etymology 2

From English engine.

Pronunciation

Noun

engine

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) engine (mechanical device; part of a vehicle; computing)
Synonyms
  • (engine):

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