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Is origin a Scrabble word?

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

O1R1I1G2I1N1

Is origin a Scrabble UK word?

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

O1R1I1G2I1N1

Is origin a Words With Friends word?

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

O1R1I1G3I1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

ORIGIN,

5-letter words (3 found)

GIRON,GROIN,IRING,

4-letter words (12 found)

GIRN,GIRO,GORI,GRIN,INGO,INRO,IRON,NOIR,NORI,RING,ROIN,RONG,

3-letter words (11 found)

GIN,GIO,GON,GOR,ING,ION,NOG,NOR,ORG,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,NO,OI,ON,OR,

You can make 35 words from origin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of origin

origin

Etymology

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin origo (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/, /ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/, /ˈɔɹ.d͡ʒɪn/
  • (NYC) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/

Noun

origin (plural origins)

  1. The beginning of something.
  2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
    Synonym: source
  3. (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
    Synonym: zero vector
  4. (anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
  5. (cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
  6. (in the plural) Ancestry.

Synonyms

  • (beginning): See Thesaurus:beginning

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "beginning"): end
  • (antonym(s) of "source"): destination
  • (antonym(s) of "anatomy"): insertion

Derived terms

Related terms

  • orient

Translations

See also

  • provenance

Further reading

  • “origin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “origin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • nigori

Source: wiktionary.org