1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Scorn in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does scorn mean? Is scorn a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is scorn worth? scorn how many points in Words With Friends? What does scorn mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for scorn

See how to calculate how many points for scorn.

Is scorn a Scrabble word?

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

S1C3O1R1N1

Is scorn a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1C3O1R1N1

Is scorn a Words With Friends word?

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

S1C4O1R1N2

Our tools

Valid words made from Scorn

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (3 found)

CORNS,CRONS,SCORN,

4-letter words (7 found)

CONS,CORN,CORS,CRON,ORCS,ROCS,SORN,

3-letter words (11 found)

CON,COR,COS,NOR,NOS,ONS,ORC,ORS,ROC,SOC,SON,

2-letter words (5 found)

NO,ON,OR,OS,SO,

You can make 26 words from scorn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of scorn

scorn csorn socrn oscrn cosrn ocsrn scron csron srcon rscon crson rcson sorcn osrcn srocn rsocn orscn roscn corsn ocrsn crosn rcosn orcsn rocsn sconr csonr socnr oscnr cosnr ocsnr scnor csnor sncor nscor cnsor ncsor soncr osncr snocr nsocr onscr noscr consr ocnsr cnosr ncosr oncsr nocsr scrno csrno srcno rscno crsno rcsno scnro csnro sncro nscro cnsro ncsro srnco rsnco snrco nsrco rnsco nrsco crnso rcnso cnrso ncrso rncso nrcso sornc osrnc sronc rsonc orsnc rosnc sonrc osnrc snorc nsorc onsrc nosrc srnoc rsnoc snroc nsroc rnsoc nrsoc ornsc ronsc onrsc norsc rnosc nrosc corns ocrns crons rcons orcns rocns conrs ocnrs cnors ncors oncrs nocrs crnos rcnos cnros ncros rncos nrcos orncs roncs onrcs norcs rnocs nrocs

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

Definitions and meaning of scorn

scorn

Etymology

Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-Germanic *skarnjan, which could be from *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɔːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /skɔɹn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

Verb

scorn (third-person singular simple present scorns, present participle scorning, simple past and past participle scorned)

  1. (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
  2. (transitive) To reject, turn down.
  3. (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
  4. (intransitive) To scoff, to express contempt.

Usage notes

  • This is a catenative verb which takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

  • (to feel contempt): see also Thesaurus:despise
  • (to scoff): deride, mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer

Translations

Noun

scorn (countable and uncountable, plural scorns)

  1. (uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
  2. (countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
  3. (countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.

Usage notes

  • Scorn is often used in the phrases pour scorn on and heap scorn on.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:contempt

Derived terms

  • laugh to scorn
  • scornful

Translations

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Anagrams

  • Crons, corns

Source: wiktionary.org