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Is ligne a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ligne a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1I1G2N1E1

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5-letter words (2 found)

INGLE,LIGNE,

4-letter words (7 found)

GIEN,GLEI,GLEN,LENG,LIEN,LINE,LING,

3-letter words (14 found)

ENG,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIN,ING,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NEG,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,EN,GI,IN,LI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from ligne according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ligne

ligne ilgne lgine gline iglne gilne linge ilnge lnige nlige inlge nilge lgnie glnie lngie nlgie gnlie nglie ignle ginle ingle nigle gnile ngile ligen ilgen lgien glien iglen gilen liegn ilegn leign elign ielgn eilgn lgein glein legin elgin gelin eglin igeln gieln iegln eigln geiln egiln lineg ilneg lnieg nlieg inleg nileg lieng ileng leing eling ielng eilng lneig nleig lenig elnig nelig enlig inelg nielg ienlg einlg neilg enilg lgnei glnei lngei nlgei gnlei nglei lgeni gleni legni elgni gelni eglni lnegi nlegi lengi elngi nelgi enlgi gneli ngeli genli egnli negli engli ignel ginel ingel nigel gniel ngiel igenl gienl iegnl eignl geinl eginl inegl niegl iengl eingl neigl enigl gneil ngeil genil egnil negil engil

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

Definitions and meaning of ligne

ligne

Etymology

French ligne.

Noun

ligne (plural lignes)

  1. (textiles) A unit of length used for measuring the diameter of buttons.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish likna, derived with the inchoative suffix -ne from lig (“similar”). Compare Swedish likna, English liken, Middle Low German līkenen. It has replaced an older verb without -n, *galīkōną, hence Old English ġelīcian, German gleichen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽 (galeikōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliːnə]
  • Homophones: line, Line

Verb

ligne (imperative lign, infinitive at ligne, present tense ligner, past tense lignede, perfect tense har lignet)

  1. resemble, look like
  2. take after
  3. be like
  4. (taxation) assess

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ligne, from Latin līnea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liɲ/
  • Rhymes: -iɲ

Noun

ligne f (plural lignes)

  1. line
  2. route, course, service, line
  3. cable
  4. (computing) row (in a table)
  5. (body shape) figure

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Mauritian Creole: lalin

Further reading

  • “ligne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • linge

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the adjective lik.

Verb

ligne (imperative lign, present tense ligner, passive lignes, simple past and past participle ligna or lignet, present participle lignende)

  1. to look like, resemble, be similar to
  2. to compare (med / to)
  3. (taxation) to assess

Alternative forms

  • likne

Derived terms

  • etterligne
  • sammenligne

References

  • “ligne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “ligne” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Source: wiktionary.org