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Is erne a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word erne is a Scrabble US word. The word erne is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is erne a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word erne is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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Yes. The word erne is a Words With Friends word. The word erne is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

ERNE,REEN,

3-letter words (7 found)

EEN,ENE,ERE,ERN,NEE,REE,REN,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,EN,ER,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from erne according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of erne

erne rene enre nere rnee nree eren reen eern eern reen eren ener neer eenr eenr neer ener rnee nree rene erne nere enre

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

Definitions and meaning of erne

erne

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɝːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
  • Homophones: earn, ern, urn

Etymology 1

From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird, eagle”). Cognate with Dutch and Low German arend (“eagle”), Norwegian and Danish ørn (“eagle”), Swedish örn (“eagle”), German Aar (“eagle”), Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (órneon), ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”), Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”).

Alternative forms

  • earn, ern

Noun

erne (plural ernes)

  1. A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
  2. (chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.
    the bald erne
Synonyms
  • (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle
Derived terms
  • bald erne
Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • earn

Verb

erne

  1. (obsolete) To long; to yearn.

Anagrams

  • NEER, Neer, Rene, ne'er, neer, reen

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /erne/ [er.ne]
  • Rhymes: -erne
  • Hyphenation: er‧ne

Verb

erne ? (imperfect participle ernetzen, future participle erneko, short form erne, verbal noun ernetze)

  1. to sprout, to germinate
    Artoa erne da. ― The maize has sprouted.

Further reading

  • "erne" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “erne” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

erne

  1. willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest

Etymology 2

Noun

erne

  1. Alternative form of ern (“eagle”)

Etymology 3

Verb

erne

  1. Alternative form of ernen

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *herneh.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈerne/, [ˈerne]
  • Rhymes: -erne
  • Hyphenation: er‧ne

Noun

erne

  1. pea

Inflection

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “erne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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