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Is govern a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word govern is a Scrabble US word. The word govern is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is govern a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word govern is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

G2O1V4E1R1N1

Is govern a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

GOVERN,

5-letter words (7 found)

ERGON,GENRO,GONER,GRONE,GROVE,NEGRO,ROVEN,

4-letter words (15 found)

ERGO,GOER,GONE,GORE,GREN,OGRE,ONER,OVEN,OVER,REGO,RENO,RONE,RONG,ROVE,VEGO,

3-letter words (28 found)

EGO,ENG,EON,ERG,ERN,EVO,GEN,GEO,GER,GOE,GON,GOR,GOV,NEG,NOG,NOR,ONE,ORE,ORG,REG,REN,REO,REV,ROE,VEG,VOE,VOG,VOR,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ER,GO,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from govern according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of govern

govern

Etymology

From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, govern”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌvən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌvɚn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)n
  • Hyphenation: gov‧ern

Verb

govern (third-person singular simple present governs, present participle governing, simple past and past participle governed)

  1. (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
  2. (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
  3. (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
  4. (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
  5. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
  7. (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
  10. (transitive, obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
  11. (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
    Coordinate term: agree

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Noun

govern (plural governs)

  1. The act of governing

Catalan

Etymology

From the verb governar, or possibly from Late Latin gubernus or gubernius, from Latin gubernum or gubernō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ɡuˈβɛrn]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡoˈvɛrn]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ɡoˈvɛɾn]

Noun

govern m (plural governs)

  1. government

Related terms

  • governar

References

Further reading

  • “govern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “govern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “govern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Source: wiktionary.org