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Is self a Scrabble word?

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

S1E1L1F4

Is self a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1E1L1F4

Is self a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word self is a Words With Friends word. The word self is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

ELFS,SELF,

3-letter words (6 found)

EFS,ELF,ELS,FES,LES,SEL,

2-letter words (4 found)

EF,EL,ES,FE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from self according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of self

self eslf slef lsef elsf lesf sefl esfl sfel fsel efsl fesl slfe lsfe sfle fsle lfse flse elfs lefs efls fels lfes fles

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

Definitions and meaning of self

self

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) selfe
  • (obsolete, rare) silf, silfe

Etymology

From Middle English self, silf, sulf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba), German selbst and Dutch zelf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlf/
  • (Southern American English, AAVE, dated) IPA(key): /sɛf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlf

Pronoun

self

  1. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
    This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
  2. (commercial or humorous) Myself.
    I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.

Noun

self (plural selves or selfs)

  1. One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
  2. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
  3. An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
  4. Self-interest or personal advantage.
  5. Identity or personality.
  6. (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
  7. (botany) A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
  9. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (immunology) nonself

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Korean: 셀프 (selpeu)
  • Sranan Tongo: srefi

Translations

See also

  • self-
  • person
  • I
  • ego

Verb

self (third-person singular simple present selfs, present participle selfing, simple past and past participle selfed)

  1. (botany) To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.
  2. (botany) To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.

Antonyms

  • outcross

Adjective

self

  1. Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
  2. (obsolete) Same, identical.
  3. (obsolete) Belonging to oneself; own.
  4. (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
    Antonym: nonself

Derived terms

  • selfbow

References

Further reading

  • “self”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “self”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Self in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • “self”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • FLES, LSFE, elfs

Danish

Alternative forms

  • self.

Adverb

self

  1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of selvfølgelig (“of course”).

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَف (salaf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlf/

Noun

self m

  1. loan

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • salve, silf, sulf

Etymology

Inherited from Old English self, from Proto-West Germanic *selb, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlf/, /silf/

Adjective

self

  1. (the) (very/self) same, (the) aforementioned
  2. Intensifies the pronoun or noun it follows or precedes; very
  3. (+genitive) own

Descendants

  • English: self
  • Scots: self, sel

References

  • “self, adj., n., & pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-31.

Pronoun

self

  1. themself, themselves; a reflexive pronoun
  2. that, this

Descendants

  • English: self (obsolete in most pronominal senses)
  • Scots: self, sel
  • Yola: zil, zill

References

  • “self, adj., n., & pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-31.

Noun

self (plural selfs)

  1. (the) same thing, (the) aforementioned thing

References

  • “self, adj., n., & pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-31.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • seolf, sylf

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /self/, [seɫf]

Pronoun

self

  1. self; oneself, personally
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies

Derived terms

  • selflīċ

Descendants

  • Middle English: self, silf, sulf
    • English: self
    • Scots: self

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • selvo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronoun

self

  1. self

Inflection

Descendants

  • Low German: sulv

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