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Is resign a Scrabble word?

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

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Is resign a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1S1I1G2N1

Is resign a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (8 found)

GREINS,NIGERS,REIGNS,RENIGS,RESIGN,SERING,SIGNER,SINGER,

5-letter words (20 found)

ERING,GIRNS,GREIN,GRENS,GRINS,GRISE,NIGER,REIGN,REINS,RENIG,RESIN,RINES,RINGS,RINSE,RISEN,SEGNI,SENGI,SERIN,SINGE,SIREN,

4-letter words (33 found)

EGIS,ENGS,ERGS,ERNS,GENS,GERS,GIEN,GIES,GINS,GIRN,GREN,GRIN,GRIS,INGS,IRES,NEGS,NIES,REGS,REIN,REIS,RENS,RIGS,RINE,RING,RINS,RISE,SEIR,SIEN,SIGN,SINE,SING,SIRE,SNIG,

3-letter words (30 found)

ENG,ENS,ERG,ERN,ERS,GEN,GER,GIE,GIN,GIS,ING,INS,IRE,NEG,NIE,NIS,REG,REI,REN,RES,RIG,RIN,SEG,SEI,SEN,SER,SIG,SIN,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ER,ES,GI,IN,IS,NE,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 101 words from resign according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of resign

resign

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn
  • Rhymes: -ɪzaɪn

Verb

resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)

  1. (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of. [from 14th c.]
  2. (transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
  3. (transitive or intransitive) To quit (a job or position). [from 14th c.]
    I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.
    He resigned the crown to follow his heart.
  4. (transitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. [from 15th c.]
    He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.
    • 1996, Robin Buss, The Count of Monte Cristo, translation of, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 2003 Penguin edition, →ISBN, page 394 [2]:
      Here is a man who was resigned to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's true, but at least he was about to die without resisting and without recrimination. Do you know what gave him that much strength? Do you know what consoled him? Do you know what resigned him to his fate?
Synonyms
  • quit
Derived terms
  • resignation
  • resign oneself
Translations

Etymology 2

re- +‎ sign

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːˈsaɪn/

Verb

resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)

  1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign
    • 2020, Kevin McCarthy, mutt 2.0.0 released, mutt-announce mailing list, November 7 2020
      Lastly, a note that I have resigned my GPG key to extend the expiration date.
Usage notes

The spelling without the hyphen results in a heteronym and is usually avoided.

Anagrams

  • Greins, Negris, Singer, nigres, re-nigs, reigns, renigs, resing, ringes, signer, singer

Source: wiktionary.org