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Is lantern a Scrabble word?

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

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Is lantern a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1A1N1T1E1R1N1

Is lantern a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

LANTERN,

6-letter words (7 found)

ALTERN,ANTLER,LANNER,LEARNT,RENTAL,TANNER,TERNAL,

5-letter words (15 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ANENT,ANTRE,ARTEL,EARNT,LARNT,LATEN,LATER,LEANT,LEARN,NERAL,RATEL,RENAL,TALER,

4-letter words (37 found)

ANTE,ARET,ARLE,EARL,EARN,ELAN,ETNA,LAER,LANE,LANT,LARE,LARN,LATE,LEAN,LEAR,LEAT,LENT,NANE,NARE,NEAL,NEAR,NEAT,RALE,RANT,RATE,REAL,REAN,RENT,TAEL,TALE,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAL,TEAR,TELA,TERN,

3-letter words (33 found)

ALE,ALT,ANE,ANN,ANT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAN,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ERN,ETA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,NAE,NAN,NAT,NET,RAN,RAT,REN,RET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AL,AN,AR,AT,EA,EL,EN,ER,ET,LA,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 110 words from lantern according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lantern

lantern

Alternative forms

  • lanthorn (archaic)

Etymology

Middle English lanterne (13th century), via Old French lanterne from Latin lanterna (“lantern”), itself a corruption of Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”) (see lamp, λάμπω (lámpō)) by influence of Latin lucerna (“lamp”). The spelling lanthorn was current during the 16th to 19th centuries and originates with a folk etymology associating the word with the use of horn as translucent cover. For the verb, compare French lanterner to hang at the lamppost. Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-container”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlæntən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛən(t)ɚn/
  • Hyphenation: lan‧tern

Noun

lantern (plural lanterns)

  1. A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
  2. (theater) Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
  3. (architecture) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
  4. (architecture) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
  5. (architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
    the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral
  6. (engineering) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
  7. (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
  8. (rail transport) A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
  9. (metalworking) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
  10. (zoology) Aristotle's lantern

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: laindéar
  • → Hindi: लालटेन (lālṭen)
  • → Malay: lentera
    • Indonesian: lentera
  • → Telugu: లాంతరు (lāntaru)

Translations

Verb

lantern (third-person singular simple present lanterns, present participle lanterning, simple past and past participle lanterned)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a lantern.
    to lantern a lighthouse

Adjective

lantern (not comparable)

  1. Of a facial feature, large and squarish in shape as an old-fashioned lantern.

See also

  • lamp
  • torch

Anagrams

  • trannel

Middle English

Noun

lantern

  1. Alternative form of lanterne

Source: wiktionary.org