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Is island a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word island is a Scrabble US word. The word island is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is island a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word island is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Yes. The word island is a Words With Friends word. The word island is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ISLAND,

5-letter words (11 found)

ANILS,DALIS,DIALS,LAIDS,LANDS,LINDS,NAILS,NIDAL,SLAID,SLAIN,SNAIL,

4-letter words (36 found)

AIDS,AILS,AINS,ANDS,ANIL,ANIS,DAIS,DALI,DALS,DANS,DIAL,DINS,DISA,ISNA,LADS,LAID,LAIN,LAND,LIAS,LIDS,LIND,LINS,NADS,NAIL,NIDS,NILS,SADI,SAID,SAIL,SAIN,SAND,SIAL,SIDA,SILD,SIND,SLID,

3-letter words (30 found)

ADS,AID,AIL,AIN,AIS,ALS,AND,ANI,ANS,DAL,DAN,DAS,DIN,DIS,IDS,INS,LAD,LAS,LID,LIN,LIS,NAS,NID,NIL,NIS,SAD,SAI,SAL,SAN,SIN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AI,AL,AN,AS,DA,DI,ID,IN,IS,LA,LI,NA,SI,

You can make 92 words from island according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of island

island

Alternative forms

  • iland (obsolete)
  • ylond, ylelond, yland (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English īeġland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą (from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“island, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂) + *landą (“land”), equivalent to ey +‎ land.

Doublet of Öland. Cognate with Scots island, iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Swedish ö (“island”), Öland (“Sweden's second largest island”), Danish ø (“island”), Norwegian øy (“island”), øyland (“large island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”).

The insertion of ⟨s⟩—a 16th century spelling modification—is due to a change in spelling to the unrelated term isle, which previously lacked s (cf. Middle English ile, yle). The re-addition was mistakenly carried over to include iland as well. Related also to German Aue (“water-meadow”), Latin aqua (“water”). More at ea.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯lənd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪlənd

Noun

island (plural islands)

  1. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
  2. (by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; A peninsula; A half-island.
  3. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
    (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
  4. A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
  5. A traffic island.
  6. (by extension, West Midlands) A roundabout; a traffic circle.
  7. A bench, counter, etc., that is not connected to a wall or other furniture and which can be used from any side.
  8. (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
  9. (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
    Adverbial subordinate clauses are islands for extraction: "They have a billion dollars of inventory that they don't know where *(it) is".

Synonyms

  • (land surrounded by water): ait, holm
  • (an entity surrounded by other very different entities): oasis

Derived terms

Related terms

  • insular
  • isle
  • islet
  • archipelago

Translations

Verb

island (third-person singular simple present islands, present participle islanding, simple past and past participle islanded)

  1. (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.
  2. (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.
  3. (transitive) To isolate.
    • 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, lines 1-2
      High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam
      Islanded in Severn stream.

Synonyms

  • isle

Translations

See also

  • archipelago
  • atoll
  • cay, key
  • continent
  • peninsula

Anagrams

  • Ladins, Landis, ilands

Scots

Alternative forms

  • iland
  • yland

Etymology

From Old English īġland.

Pronunciation

Noun

island (plural islands)

  1. An island.

Source: wiktionary.org