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Is kirn a Scrabble word?

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

K5I1R1N1

Is kirn a Scrabble UK word?

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

K5I1R1N1

Is kirn a Words With Friends word?

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

K5I1R1N2

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4-letter words (2 found)

KIRN,RINK,

3-letter words (5 found)

INK,IRK,KIN,KIR,RIN,

2-letter words (2 found)

IN,KI,

You can make 9 words from kirn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of kirn

kirn ikrn krin rkin irkn rikn kinr iknr knir nkir inkr nikr krni rkni knri nkri rnki nrki irnk rink inrk nirk rnik nrik

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word kirn. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in kirn.

Definitions and meaning of kirn

kirn

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English kyrne; compare Old Norse kirna (“churn”).

Alternative forms

  • (Older Scots) kyrn

Noun

kirn (plural kirns)

  1. a churn

Verb

kirn (third-person singular simple present kirns, present participle kirnin, simple past kirnt, past participle kirnt)

  1. to churn (as milk into butter)
  2. to churn up, stir, mix

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English cyrnel (“kernel, grain”), with meaning shifted or broadened from the seed to the whole crop plant. Compare curn (“a grain, a particle”).

Noun

kirn (plural kirns)

  1. a celebration to mark the end of the harvest season; (by extension) an ending or farewell celebration
    Synonym: foy
  2. the last sheaf or bit of corn harvested

See also

  • clyack (“the last sheaf harvested; the end of the harvest”)
  • hare (“the last sheaf harvested”)
  • maiden (“the last sheaf harvested, plaited and decorated with ribbons”)

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Source: wiktionary.org