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Yes. The word fasten is a Scrabble US word. The word fasten is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (2 found)

FASTEN,NEFAST,

5-letter words (13 found)

ANTES,ETNAS,FANES,FATES,FEAST,FEATS,FENTS,FESTA,FETAS,NATES,NEATS,STANE,STEAN,

4-letter words (46 found)

ANES,ANTE,ANTS,ATES,EANS,EAST,EATS,EFTS,ENTS,ETAS,ETNA,FANE,FANS,FAST,FATE,FATS,FEAT,FENS,FENT,FEST,FETA,FETS,NAES,NATS,NEAT,NEFS,NEST,NETS,SAFE,SAFT,SANE,SANT,SATE,SEAN,SEAT,SENA,SENT,SETA,STEN,TAES,TANE,TANS,TASE,TEAS,TEFS,TENS,

3-letter words (39 found)

AFT,ANE,ANS,ANT,ATE,ATS,EAN,EAS,EAT,EFS,EFT,ENS,EST,ETA,FAE,FAN,FAS,FAT,FEN,FES,FET,NAE,NAS,NAT,NEF,NET,SAE,SAN,SAT,SEA,SEN,SET,TAE,TAN,TAS,TEA,TEF,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AN,AS,AT,EA,EF,EN,ES,ET,FA,FE,NA,NE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 117 words from fasten according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fasten

fasten

Etymology

From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːsən/, /ˈfɑːsn̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæsən/, /ˈfæsn̩/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːsən, (General American) -æsən

Verb

fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
    • May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
      The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.
  2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Stefan, nefast

German

Etymology 1

Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfastn̩/, /ˈfastən/
  • Homophone: fassten
  • Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten

Verb

fasten (weak, third-person singular present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fast
Conjugation
Related terms
  • Fasten
  • Fastenzeit
  • Fastnacht

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːstən/
  • Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten

Verb

fasten

  1. inflection of fasen:
    1. first/third-person plural preterite
    2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Further reading

  • “fasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “fasten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “fasten” in Duden online
  • “fasten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • fasta

Noun

fasten m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of faste

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fastāną.

Verb

fastēn

  1. to fast

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fasta (“fast”, noun)
    • →? Proto-Slavic: *postъ

Descendants

  • Middle High German: vasten
    • Cimbrian: bastan
    • German: fasten
    • Luxembourgish: faaschten
    • Yiddish: פֿאַסטן (fastn)

Source: wiktionary.org