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Is foreign a Scrabble word?

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

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Is foreign a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is foreign a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

FOREIGN,

6-letter words (6 found)

ERINGO,FINGER,FRINGE,FROING,IGNORE,REGION,

5-letter words (24 found)

ERGON,ERING,FEIGN,FINER,FOGIE,FORGE,FREON,GENRO,GIRON,GOFER,GOIER,GONEF,GONER,GONIF,GREIN,GRIEF,GROIN,GRONE,INFER,IRONE,NEGRO,NIGER,REIGN,RENIG,

4-letter words (49 found)

ERGO,FENI,FERN,FIER,FIGO,FINE,FINO,FIRE,FIRN,FOEN,FOIN,FONE,FORE,FRIG,FROE,FROG,GIEN,GIRN,GIRO,GOER,GONE,GORE,GORI,GREN,GRIN,INFO,INGO,INRO,IRON,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,NOIR,NORI,OGRE,ONER,ONIE,ORFE,REFI,REGO,REIF,REIN,RENO,RIFE,RINE,RING,ROIN,RONE,RONG,

3-letter words (49 found)

EGO,ENG,EON,ERF,ERG,ERN,FEG,FEN,FER,FIE,FIG,FIN,FIR,FOE,FOG,FON,FOR,FRO,GEN,GEO,GER,GIE,GIF,GIN,GIO,GOE,GON,GOR,ING,ION,IRE,NEF,NEG,NIE,NOG,NOR,ONE,ORE,ORF,ORG,REF,REG,REI,REN,REO,RIF,RIG,RIN,ROE,

2-letter words (17 found)

EF,EN,ER,FE,GI,GO,IF,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OF,OI,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 147 words from foreign according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of foreign

foreign

Alternative forms

  • forane, forraine (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”), also spelled forīs (“outside, outdoors”).

Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”).

The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒɹɪn/, /ˈfɒɹən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹɪn/, /ˈfɔɹən/, /ˈfɑɹɪn/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹən/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹən, -ɒɹɪn
  • Hyphenation: for‧eign

Adjective

foreign (comparative more foreign, superlative most foreign)

  2. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
    foreign markets; foreign soil
  4. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
    foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade
  6. Relating to a different nation.
    foreign policy; foreign navies
  8. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
    foreign body;foreign substance;foreign gene;foreign species
  10. (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
  12. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  14. (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
  16. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
  18. (obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

Synonyms

  • (from a different country): overseas, international
  • (strange): alien, fremd
  • (in a place where it does not belong): extraneous

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "from a different country"): domestic
  • (antonym(s) of "not characteristic"): native
  • (antonym(s) of "native to an area"): indigenous

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

foreign (plural foreigns)

  1. A foreign person, particularly:
    1. (now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country.
    2. (obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group.
    3. (obsolete) A non-guildmember.
  2. A foreign vehicle, particularly:
    1. (obsolete) A foreign ship.
    2. (slang) A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.
  3. (obsolete) An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom
  4. A foreign area, particularly:
    1. (now dialect) An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
    2. (obsolete, usually in the plural) An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
  5. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

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References

  • "foreign, adj. and n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1897), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

  • Rengifo

Source: wiktionary.org