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Is rune a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rune is a Scrabble US word. The word rune is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

R1U1N1E1

Is rune a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rune is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

R1U1N1E1

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Yes. The word rune is a Words With Friends word. The word rune is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

RUNE,

3-letter words (7 found)

ERN,NUR,REN,RUE,RUN,URE,URN,

2-letter words (7 found)

EN,ER,NE,NU,RE,UN,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from rune according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of rune

rune urne rnue nrue unre nure ruen uren reun erun uern eurn rneu nreu renu ernu neru enru uner nuer uenr eunr neur enur

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

Definitions and meaning of rune

rune

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse rún, which is from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (“letter, literature, secret”), which is borrowed either from Proto-Celtic *rūnā or from the same source as it; compare Dutch rune, German Rune, Danish rune and Swedish runa. Compare roun.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ro͞on, IPA(key): /ɹuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

rune (plural runes)

  1. A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
  2. A Finnic or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
  3. A letter or mark used as a mystical or magic symbol.
  4. A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Louis Wain to this entry?)
    Where the daylight peeps thro' like the glint of the Moon, / And the branches are rustling a murmurous rune, / The Owls sit in council like prophets of Fate, / Discussing grave questions of Kingdom and State.
  5. (obsolete) Alternative form of roun (“secret or mystery”).
  6. (programming, in the Go programming language) A Unicode code point.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Mandarin: 盧恩／卢恩 (lú'ēn)

Translations

Anagrams

  • Nuer, Uren, neur-, urne

Danish

Noun

rune c (singular definite runen, plural indefinite runer)

  1. rune

Declension

References

  • “rune” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rune, from Old Norse rún.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrynə/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ne
  • Rhymes: -ynə

Noun

rune f (plural runen, diminutive runetje n)

  1. rune

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • uren
  • urne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse rún.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁyn/
  • Rhymes: -yn

Noun

rune f (plural runes)

  1. rune

Derived terms

  • runologie

Descendants

  • → Turkish: rün

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.ne/
  • Rhymes: -une
  • Hyphenation: rù‧ne

Noun

rune f

  1. plural of runa

Anagrams

  • Nure, nure, urne

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rūna, from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

Noun

rune f

  1. (rare) secretive whispering

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “rune (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse rún.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʉːnə/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːnə

Noun

rune f or m (definite singular runa or runen, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)

  1. rune

References

  • “rune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • uren

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish rune; likely a reanalysis of Old Norse plural rúnir, whence also runer f pl. Doublet of run.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʉːnə/

Noun

rune f (definite singular runa, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)

  1. rune (a letter of runic alphabet)
    Synonym: run
Derived terms
  • runestav

Etymology 2

Related to run (“witchcraft; rune”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʊːnə/

Noun

rune f (definite singular runa, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)

  1. an old formula, particularly a verse or a proverb

References

  • “rune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈruːne/

Noun

rūne

  1. accusative singular of rūn
  2. genitive singular of rūn
  3. dative singular of rūn
  4. nominative plural of rūn
  5. accusative plural of rūn

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rune (Cyrillic spelling руне)

  1. inflection of runa:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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