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Is ensign a Scrabble word?

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

E1N1S1I1G2N1

Is ensign a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1N1S1I1G2N1

Is ensign a Words With Friends word?

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

E1N2S1I1G3N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

ENSIGN,

5-letter words (4 found)

NINES,SEGNI,SENGI,SINGE,

4-letter words (17 found)

EGIS,ENGS,GENS,GIEN,GIES,GINN,GINS,INGS,INNS,NEGS,NIES,NINE,SIEN,SIGN,SINE,SING,SNIG,

3-letter words (17 found)

ENG,ENS,GEN,GIE,GIN,GIS,ING,INN,INS,NEG,NIE,NIS,SEG,SEI,SEN,SIG,SIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

EN,ES,GI,IN,IS,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from ensign according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ensign

ensign

Etymology

From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛn.sɪn/, IPA(key): /ˈɛn.sən/, [ˈɛn.sn̩] IPA(key): /ˈɛn.saɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsən

Noun

ensign (plural ensigns)

  1. A badge of office, rank, or power.
  2. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
  3. A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.
    Synonym: ancient
  4. (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
  5. Any prominent flag or banner.
  6. (historical) A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:badge

(junior commissioned officer):

  • coronet (cavalry equivalent of the infantry ensign)
  • second lieutenant (OF-1), first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer

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Verb

ensign (third-person singular simple present ensigns, present participle ensigning, simple past and past participle ensigned)

  1. (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
  2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
  3. (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
    Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

Anagrams

  • engins, genins

Source: wiktionary.org