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Is refrain a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word refrain is a Scrabble US word. The word refrain is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

R1E1F4R1A1I1N1

Is refrain a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word refrain is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

R1E1F4R1A1I1N1

Is refrain a Words With Friends word?

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

R1E1F4R1A1I1N2

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7-letter words (1 found)

REFRAIN,

6-letter words (5 found)

FAINER,FAIRER,FARREN,INFARE,NAIFER,

5-letter words (16 found)

AFIRE,AIRER,FAINE,FARER,FERIA,FINER,FIRER,FRENA,FRIAR,FRIER,INFER,INFRA,NARRE,RAINE,RERAN,RIFER,

4-letter words (33 found)

AINE,AIRN,EARN,EINA,FAIN,FAIR,FANE,FARE,FEAR,FENI,FERN,FIAR,FIER,FINE,FIRE,FIRN,FRAE,NAIF,NARE,NEAR,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,RAIN,RANI,RARE,REAN,REAR,REFI,REIF,REIN,RIFE,RINE,

3-letter words (33 found)

AIN,AIR,ANE,ANI,ARE,ARF,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERF,ERN,ERR,FAE,FAN,FAR,FEN,FER,FIE,FIN,FIR,FRA,IRE,NAE,NEF,NIE,RAI,RAN,REF,REI,REN,RIA,RIF,RIN,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AI,AN,AR,EA,EF,EN,ER,FA,FE,IF,IN,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 104 words from refrain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of refrain

refrain

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English refreynen, from Anglo-Norman refraindre, Middle French refreindre (from Latin refringere), and Anglo-Norman refrener, Middle French refrener (from Latin refrenare).

Verb

refrain (third-person singular simple present refrains, present participle refraining, simple past and past participle refrained)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
  2. (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back. [from 14th c.]
  3. (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. [from 14th c.]
  4. (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain. [from 15th c.]
    • July 5, 1731, Jonathan Swift, letter to Vanessa
      If you knew how I struggle for a little health, what uneasiness I am at in riding and walking, and refraining from every thing agreeable to my taste
  5. (transitive, rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink). [from 16th c.]
Translations

Etymology 2

From French refrain, from the Old French verb refraindre (“to break off, repeat”), from Latin re- (“back, again”) + frangō (“break”); compare Occitan refranhs (“a refrain”), refranher (“to repeat”). See refract and the verb refrain.

Noun

refrain (plural refrains)

  1. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
  2. (by extension) A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
    Synonym: old saw
Translations

References

  • “refrain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Ren fair, ferrian

French

Etymology

Alteration of Old French refrait, past participle of the verb refraindre (based on the verb's infinitive), itself from Vulgar Latin *refrangere, from Latin refringere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.fʁɛ̃/

Noun

refrain m (plural refrains)

  1. refrain, chorus

Derived terms

  • changer de refrain

Descendants

  • → Danish: refræn
  • → English: refrain
  • → German: Refrain
  • → Greek: ρεφρέν (refrén)
  • → Spanish: refrán

Further reading

  • “refrain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • fariner

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French refrain.

Noun

refrain m (invariable)

  1. refrain
    Synonym: ritornello

Further reading

  • refrain in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • rifarne

Source: wiktionary.org