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Is gown a Scrabble word?

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

G2O1W4N1

Is gown a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2O1W4N1

Is gown a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gown is a Words With Friends word. The word gown is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3O1W4N2

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4-letter words (2 found)

GNOW,GOWN,

3-letter words (6 found)

GON,NOG,NOW,OWN,WOG,WON,

2-letter words (5 found)

GO,NO,ON,OW,WO,

You can make 13 words from gown according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gown

gown

English

Etymology

From Middle English gowne, from Anglo-Norman goune, gune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”). Cognate with Manx gooyn, Irish gúna.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: goun, IPA(key): /ɡaʊn/
  • Rhymes: -aʊn

Noun

gown (plural gowns)

  1. A loose, flowing upper garment.
  3. A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
  4. The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
    1. The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
  5. (by metonymy) The university community, especially as contrasted with the local populace.
  6. A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
  7. Any sort of dress or garb.
  8. The robe worn by a surgeon.

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Verb

gown (third-person singular simple present gowns, present participle gowning, simple past and past participle gowned)

  1. To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

Anagrams

  • Wong, wong

Middle English

Noun

gown

  1. alternative form of gowne

Source: wiktionary.org