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Is lessen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lessen is a Scrabble US word. The word lessen is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

L1E1S1S1E1N1

Is lessen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lessen is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

L1E1S1S1E1N1

Is lessen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lessen is a Words With Friends word. The word lessen is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1S1S1E1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

LENSES,LESSEN,

5-letter words (9 found)

ESNES,LENES,LENSE,LESES,SEELS,SELES,SENES,SENSE,SNEES,

4-letter words (20 found)

EELS,ELSE,ENES,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,LEES,LENS,LESS,NESS,SEEL,SEEN,SEES,SELE,SELS,SENE,SENS,SESE,SLEE,SNEE,

3-letter words (12 found)

EEL,EEN,ELS,ENE,ENS,ESS,LEE,LES,NEE,SEE,SEL,SEN,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,EL,EN,ES,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from lessen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lessen

lessen

Etymology

From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lěʹsən, IPA(key): /ˈlɛsən/
  • Homophone: lesson
  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

Verb

lessen (third-person singular simple present lessens, present participle lessening, simple past and past participle lessened)

  1. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
    • a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon
      Charity […] shall lessen his punishment.
    • December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul
      St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.
  2. (intransitive) To become less.

Translations

Conjunction

lessen

  1. (nonstandard, dialect) unless.

Anagrams

  • Elsens, elsens, lenses, sensel

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛsə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lesschen, from a merger of two Old Dutch [Term?] verbs:

  • *leskan, from Proto-West Germanic *leskan, from Proto-Germanic *leskaną; class 5 strong, intransitive.
  • lesken, from Proto-West Germanic *laskijan, from Proto-Germanic *laskijaną; class 1 weak, causative of the first verb.

Verb

lessen

  1. (transitive) to quench (thirst)
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From les +‎ -en.

Verb

lessen

  1. (intransitive) to take a lesson (usually a driving lesson)
Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lessen

  1. plural of les

Hungarian

Etymology

les +‎ -jen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃːɛn]
  • Hyphenation: les‧sen

Verb

lessen

  1. third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of les

Swedish

Adjective

lessen

  1. Alternative spelling of ledsen

Further reading

  • lessen in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

  • selens

Source: wiktionary.org