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Is feint a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word feint is a Scrabble US word. The word feint is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word feint is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

FEINT,FIENT,

4-letter words (9 found)

FENI,FENT,FINE,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,NITE,TEIN,TINE,

3-letter words (14 found)

EFT,FEN,FET,FIE,FIN,FIT,NEF,NET,NIE,NIT,TEF,TEN,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

EF,EN,ET,FE,IF,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from feint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of feint

feint efint fient ifent eifnt iefnt fenit efnit fneit nfeit enfit nefit finet ifnet fniet nfiet infet nifet einft ienft enift neift ineft nieft feitn efitn fietn ifetn eiftn ieftn fetin eftin ftein tfein etfin tefin fiten iften ftien tfien itfen tifen eitfn ietfn etifn teifn itefn tiefn fenti efnti fneti nfeti enfti nefti fetni eftni fteni tfeni etfni tefni fntei nftei ftnei tfnei ntfei tnfei entfi netfi etnfi tenfi ntefi tnefi finte ifnte fnite nfite infte nifte fitne iftne ftine tfine itfne tifne fntie nftie ftnie tfnie ntfie tnfie intfe nitfe itnfe tinfe ntife tnife eintf ientf enitf neitf inetf nietf eitnf ietnf etinf teinf itenf tienf entif netif etnif tenif nteif tneif intef nitef itnef tinef ntief tnief

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Definitions and meaning of feint

feint

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /feɪnt/
  • Homophone: faint
  • Rhymes: -eɪnt

Etymology 1

The noun is borrowed from French feinte (“dummy, feint”), from feindre (“to fake, feign”), from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere, the present active infinitive of fingō (“to alter the truth to deceive, dissemble, feign, pretend; to fashion, form, shape”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

feint (plural feints)

  1. (often military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
  3. (boxing, fencing) A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
  4. (figuratively) Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
Translations

Verb

feint (third-person singular simple present feints, present participle feinting, simple past and past participle feinted)

  1. (transitive, boxing, fencing)
    1. To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
    2. (rare) To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).
  2. (intransitive, boxing, fencing, also often military) To make a feint or mock attack.
Derived terms
  • feinter
  • feinting (noun)
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French feint, the past participle of feindre (“to fake, feign”): see etymology 1.

Adjective

feint (not comparable)

  1. (boxing, fencing, also often military) Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
  2. (obsolete) Feigned, counterfeit, fake.
Translations

Etymology 3

A variant of faint (“barely perceptible; not bright, loud, or sharp”).

Adjective

feint (not comparable)

  1. Of lines printed on paper as a handwriting guide: not bold; faint, light; also, of such paper: ruled with faint lines of this sort. [from mid 19th c.]
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References

Further reading

  • feint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • feint (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Fenit

French

Etymology

Past participle of feindre; from Old French feint, from Latin fictus, probably through the Vulgar Latin form *finctus, with a nasal infix. Compare Italian finto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Participle

feint (feminine feinte, masculine plural feints, feminine plural feintes)

  1. past participle of feindre

Verb

feint

  1. third-person singular present indicative of feindre

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • fient

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

feint c (plural feinten, diminutive feintsje)

  1. young man
  2. boy
  3. boyfriend
    Coordinate term: faam

Derived terms

  • frijfeint

Further reading

  • “feint”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org