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Is seisin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word seisin is a Scrabble US word. The word seisin is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1E1I1S1I1N1

Is seisin a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word seisin is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1E1I1S1I1N1

Is seisin a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word seisin is a Words With Friends word. The word seisin is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1I1S1I1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

NISEIS,SEISIN,

5-letter words (7 found)

ISSEI,NISEI,NISSE,SENSI,SIENS,SINES,SNIES,

4-letter words (9 found)

NESS,NIES,NISI,SEIS,SENS,SIEN,SIES,SINE,SINS,

3-letter words (9 found)

ENS,ESS,INS,NIE,NIS,SEI,SEN,SIN,SIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,ES,IN,IS,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 34 words from seisin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of seisin

seisin

Alternative forms

  • seizin

Etymology

From Middle English seisin, seysen, from Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from Early Medieval Latin sacīre, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan) and Old English settan. More at seize, seise.

Noun

seisin (plural seisins)

  1. (law, historical) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today.
  2. (obsolete) The act of taking possession.
  3. (obsolete) The thing possessed; property.

Related terms

  • sasine

Translations

See also

  • livery of seisin

Anagrams

  • niseis

Old French

Noun

seisin oblique singular, m (oblique plural seisins, nominative singular seisins, nominative plural seisin)

  1. act of seizing

Synonyms

  • saisine

Descendants

  • → English: seisin

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (saisin)

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