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Is glen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word glen is a Scrabble US word. The word glen is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

G2L1E1N1

Is glen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word glen is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

G2L1E1N1

Is glen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word glen is a Words With Friends word. The word glen is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

GLEN,LENG,

3-letter words (5 found)

ENG,GEL,GEN,LEG,NEG,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,EN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from glen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of glen

glen

English

Etymology

From Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and Middle Irish glend, glenn (“mountain valley”), from Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”), hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glend- (“shore”) but the word may have been borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Compare Manx glion, Welsh glyn. Doublet of glyn.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: glĕn, IPA(key): /ɡlɛn/
    • (pin–pen merger) enPR: glĭn, IPA(key): /ɡlɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

glen (plural glens)

  1. A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • defile (noun)
  • gully
  • strath

See also

  • glen plaid (probably etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

  • glen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • leng, Gen'l, gen'l, Genl, Engl, NELG, Engl., genl

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlen/

Adjective

glen (plural glenney, comparative glenney)

  1. clean, hygienic
  2. clear
  3. pure
  4. downright, unqualified, emphatic
Derived terms
  • neughlen

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”), from the adjective.

Verb

glen (verbal noun glenney, past participle glennit or glent)

  1. clean
  2. clear
  3. wipe
  4. purify, cleanse

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glěnь.

Noun

glen m inan

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Further reading

  • “glen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Source: wiktionary.org