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Is feign a Scrabble word?

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

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Is feign a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word feign is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

F4E1I1G2N1

Is feign a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word feign is a Words With Friends word. The word feign is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

FEIGN,

4-letter words (6 found)

FENI,FINE,GIEN,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,

3-letter words (14 found)

ENG,FEG,FEN,FIE,FIG,FIN,GEN,GIE,GIF,GIN,ING,NEF,NEG,NIE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EF,EN,FE,GI,IF,IN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 29 words from feign according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of feign

feign efign fiegn ifegn eifgn iefgn fegin efgin fgein gfein egfin gefin figen ifgen fgien gfien igfen gifen eigfn iegfn egifn geifn igefn giefn feing efing fieng ifeng eifng iefng fenig efnig fneig nfeig enfig nefig fineg ifneg fnieg nfieg infeg nifeg einfg ienfg enifg neifg inefg niefg fegni efgni fgeni gfeni egfni gefni fengi efngi fnegi nfegi enfgi nefgi fgnei gfnei fngei nfgei gnfei ngfei egnfi genfi engfi negfi gnefi ngefi figne ifgne fgine gfine igfne gifne finge ifnge fnige nfige infge nifge fgnie gfnie fngie nfgie gnfie ngfie ignfe ginfe ingfe nigfe gnife ngife eignf iegnf eginf geinf igenf gienf eingf iengf enigf neigf inegf niegf egnif genif engif negif gneif ngeif ignef ginef ingef nigef gnief ngief

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

Definitions and meaning of feign

feign

Etymology

From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint and fiction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: fane, foehn, fain (archaic)

Verb

feign (third-person singular simple present feigns, present participle feigning, simple past and past participle feigned)

  1. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
  2. To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
    • '1511, King James Translators, Nehemiah 5:8:
      Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
  3. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
  4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To hide or conceal.

Synonyms

  • (represent by a false appearance): front, put on airs
  • See Thesaurus:deceive

Derived terms

  • feigned
  • unfeigned

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Source: wiktionary.org