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Is preen a Scrabble word?

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

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Is preen a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is preen a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

NEPER,PREEN,

4-letter words (9 found)

ERNE,NEEP,PEEN,PEER,PENE,PERE,PERN,PREE,REEN,

3-letter words (13 found)

EEN,ENE,ERE,ERN,NEE,NEP,PEE,PEN,PER,PRE,REE,REN,REP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EN,ER,NE,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from preen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of preen

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Definitions and meaning of preen

preen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

From Middle English pren, from Old English prēon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne (“needle, eel-spear”)), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”)). Cognate with German Pfriem. The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”), akin to German pfriemen.

Alternative forms

  • prin (dialectal)

Noun

preen (plural preens)

  1. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
  2. (dialectal) pin
  3. (dialectal) bodkin; brooch

Verb

preen (third-person singular simple present preens, present participle preening, simple past and past participle preened)

  1. (transitive) To pin; fasten.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Variant of prune (by influence of preen above). Attested in Chaucer (c. 1395) in the variants preyneth, prayneth, proyneth, prunyht, pruneth, from Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak”).

Verb

preen (third-person singular simple present preens, present participle preening, simple past and past participle preened)

  1. (of birds, transitive, intransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
  2. (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
    Synonyms: primp, smarten up
  3. (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
  4. (transitive) To flatter.
  5. (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
  6. (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
  7. (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
Translations

See also

  • primp

Anagrams

  • neper, perne

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English pren, from Old English prēon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“pin, knitting needle”).

Noun

preen (plural preens)

  1. metal pin
  2. pine needle

Derived terms

Verb

preen (third-person singular simple present preens, present participle preenin, simple past preent, past participle preent)

  1. to pin (fasten with a pin)
  2. to dress oneself up

Spanish

Verb

preen

  1. inflection of prear:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Source: wiktionary.org