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Is pawn a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pawn is a Scrabble US word. The word pawn is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3A1W4N1

Is pawn a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pawn is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3A1W4N1

Is pawn a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pawn is a Words With Friends word. The word pawn is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4A1W4N2

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4-letter words (1 found)

PAWN,

3-letter words (8 found)

AWN,NAP,NAW,PAN,PAW,PWN,WAN,WAP,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,AW,NA,PA,

You can make 13 words from pawn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pawn

pawn apwn pwan wpan awpn wapn panw apnw pnaw npaw anpw napw pwna wpna pnwa npwa wnpa nwpa awnp wanp anwp nawp wnap nwap

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

Definitions and meaning of pawn

pawn

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɔːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɔn/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /pɑn/
  • (Southern American English) IPA(key): /pɑɒn/
  • Homophone: porn (non-rhotic accents)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

Etymology 1

From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun, from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived fom Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.

Noun

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
  2. (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:pawn
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • ♙, ♟
  • Pawn (chess) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Appendix:Chess pieces

Etymology 2

From Middle French pan (“pledge, security”), apparently from a Germanic language (compare Middle Dutch pant, Old High German pfant).

Noun

pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
  2. An instance of pawning something.
  3. (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
  4. (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
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Verb

pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)

  1. To pledge; to stake or wager.
  2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
Synonyms
  • (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock, lumber, pledge, spout, vamp
Derived terms
  • pawn off as
Translations
See also
  • pawn off

Etymology 3

Noun

pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)

  1. Alternative form of paan

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. A gallery.

Etymology 5

Verb

pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)

  1. (video games) Alternative form of pwn

Anagrams

  • WPAN

Middle English

Noun

pawn

  1. Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)

Source: wiktionary.org