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Is onion a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word onion is a Scrabble US word. The word onion is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is onion a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word onion is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Is onion a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word onion is a Words With Friends word. The word onion is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

ONION,

4-letter words (2 found)

NONI,NOON,

3-letter words (6 found)

INN,ION,NON,NOO,ONO,OON,

2-letter words (6 found)

IN,IO,NO,OI,ON,OO,

You can make 15 words from onion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of onion

onion noion oinon ionon nioon inoon onoin nooin oonin oonin nooin onoin oionn ioonn ooinn ooinn ioonn oionn nioon inoon noion onion ionon oinon onino noino oinno ionno niono inono onnio nonio onnio nonio nnoio nnoio oinno ionno onino noino inono niono ninoo innoo nnioo nnioo innoo ninoo ononi nooni oonni oonni nooni ononi onnoi nonoi onnoi nonoi nnooi nnooi oonni oonni ononi nooni ononi nooni nonoi onnoi nnooi nnooi onnoi nonoi oionn ioonn ooinn ooinn ioonn oionn oinon ionon onion noion inoon nioon oonin oonin onoin nooin onoin nooin ionon oinon inoon nioon onion noion niono inono noino onino ionno oinno ninoo innoo nnioo nnioo innoo ninoo nonio onnio nnoio nnoio onnio nonio ionno oinno inono niono onino noino

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

Definitions and meaning of onion

onion

Alternative forms

  • onyon (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English onyoun, oynoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō (“onion, large pearl”), which had also been borrowed into Old English as yne, ynnelēac (“onion”) (> Middle English hynne-leac, henne-leac). Also displaced Middle English knelek (literally “knee-leek”) and the inherited term ramsons.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌn.jən/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈʌŋ.jɪn/
  • (dialectal, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.ən/, /ˈɪn.jən/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnjən

Noun

onion (plural onions)

  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
    • 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
      dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
  3. A plant of the genus Allium as a whole. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. (slang, of a drug) An ounce.
  5. (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
  6. (obsolete, slang) A watch-seal.
  7. Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”)

Synonyms

  • (vegetable): violet (UK dialect)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bislama: anian
  • Tok Pisin: anian
  • → Maori: aniana

Translations

See also

  • chive
  • scallion
  • shallot

References

Welsh

Noun

onion m (singulative onionyn)

  1. Alternative form of wynwyn (“onions”)

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wynwyn, wnion, winion, winiwn, &c.”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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