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Is orphan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word orphan is a Scrabble US word. The word orphan is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

O1R1P3H4A1N1

Is orphan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word orphan is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

O1R1P3H4A1N1

Is orphan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word orphan is a Words With Friends word. The word orphan is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1R1P4H3A1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

ORPHAN,

5-letter words (1 found)

APRON,

4-letter words (13 found)

HARN,HARO,HARP,HOAR,HORA,HORN,NOAH,OPAH,PHON,PORN,PRAO,PROA,ROAN,

3-letter words (25 found)

APO,HAN,HAO,HAP,HOA,HON,HOP,NAH,NAP,NOH,NOR,OAR,OPA,ORA,PAH,PAN,PAR,PHO,POA,POH,PRO,RAH,RAN,RAP,RHO,

2-letter words (13 found)

AH,AN,AR,HA,HO,NA,NO,OH,ON,OP,OR,PA,PO,

You can make 53 words from orphan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of orphan

orphan

Alternative forms

  • orphane (obsolete)

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos.

Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha), Latin orbus (“orphaned”), Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe (“heir”)), Old English ierfa (“heir”). More at erf.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːfən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹfən/
  • (dialectal, archaic) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɹfənt/ (see orphant)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fən
  • Homophone: often (non-rhotic accents with the lot–cloth split)

Noun

orphan (plural orphans)

  1. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
  2. A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
  3. A young animal with no mother.
  4. (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
  5. (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
    Antonym: widow
  6. (computing) Any unreferenced object.

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Adjective

orphan (not comparable)

  1. Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
  2. (by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • orphan drug

Translations

Verb

orphan (third-person singular simple present orphans, present participle orphaning, simple past and past participle orphaned)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
  2. (transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

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References

  • Jones, M. Jean (1973 August) The Regional English of the Former Inhabitants of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains‎[2], University of Tennessee, Knoxville, page 114
  • “orphan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Orphan in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • harp on

Source: wiktionary.org