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Is famine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word famine is a Scrabble US word. The word famine is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is famine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word famine is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is famine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word famine is a Words With Friends word. The word famine is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

FAMINE,INFAME,

5-letter words (4 found)

AMINE,ANIME,FAINE,MINAE,

4-letter words (24 found)

AINE,AMEN,AMIE,AMIN,EINA,FAIN,FAME,FANE,FENI,FINE,MAIN,MANE,MANI,MEAN,MEIN,MIEN,MINA,MINE,NAIF,NAME,NEIF,NEMA,NIEF,NIFE,

3-letter words (22 found)

AIM,AIN,AME,AMI,ANE,ANI,EAN,FAE,FAN,FEM,FEN,FIE,FIN,MAE,MAN,MEN,MNA,NAE,NAM,NEF,NIE,NIM,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AI,AM,AN,EA,EF,EM,EN,FA,FE,IF,IN,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 70 words from famine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of famine

famine

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames. Cognate with Spanish hambruna (“famine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæmɪn/
  • Rhymes: -æmɪn
  • Hyphenation: fam‧ine

Noun

famine (countable and uncountable, plural famines)

  1. (uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
  2. (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
    • 1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
      The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....
  3. (dated) Starvation or malnutrition.
    • 1871 (orig. 426), Augustine, The City of God, transl. Marcus Dods:
      His own flesh, however, which he lost by famine, shall be restored to him by Him who can recover even what has evaporated.
  4. Severe shortage or lack of something.
    • the Lancashire Cotton Famine

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • imafen, infame

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French famine, formed from the root of Latin famēs (“hunger”) with the suffix -ine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.min/

Noun

famine f (plural famines)

  1. famine

Derived terms

  • crier famine

Related terms

  • faim

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • infâme

Old French

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin famēs (“hunger”), with the suffix -ine.

Noun

famine oblique singular, f (oblique plural famines, nominative singular famine, nominative plural famines)

  1. famine

Related terms

  • fain

Descendants

  • Middle French: famine
    • → English: famine
    • French: famine

Source: wiktionary.org