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Is sennight a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sennight is a Scrabble US word. The word sennight is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is sennight a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sennight is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1E1N1N1I1G2H4T1

Is sennight a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sennight is a Words With Friends word. The word sennight is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1N2N2I1G3H3T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

SENNIGHT,

7-letter words (5 found)

HENTING,NESTING,NIGHEST,SENTING,TENSING,

6-letter words (19 found)

EIGHTS,ENSIGN,HETING,HINGES,INGEST,NEIGHS,NIGHTS,NINTHS,SENNIT,SHINNE,SIGNET,SINNET,SITHEN,STINGE,TENNIS,THEGNS,THEINS,THINGS,TINGES,

5-letter words (45 found)

EHING,EIGHT,GEIST,GEITS,GENTS,GHEST,GITES,HEIST,HENTS,HINGE,HINGS,HINTS,INSET,NEIGH,NEIST,NIGHS,NIGHT,NINES,NINTH,NITES,SEGNI,SENGI,SENTI,SHENT,SHINE,SHITE,SIENT,SIETH,SIGHT,SINGE,SITHE,STEIN,STING,TEINS,THEGN,THEIN,THENS,THIGS,THINE,THING,THINS,TIGES,TINES,TINGE,TINGS,

4-letter words (71 found)

EGIS,EISH,ENGS,ENTS,ETHS,GEIT,GENS,GENT,GEST,GETS,GHIS,GIEN,GIES,GINN,GINS,GIST,GITE,GITS,HENS,HENT,HEST,HETS,HIES,HING,HINS,HINT,HISN,HIST,HITS,INGS,INNS,NEGS,NESH,NEST,NETS,NIES,NIGH,NINE,NISH,NITE,NITS,SENT,SHEN,SHET,SHIN,SHIT,SIEN,SIGH,SIGN,SINE,SING,SINH,SITE,SITH,SNIG,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TEGS,TEIN,TENS,THEN,THIG,THIN,THIS,TIES,TIGE,TIGS,TINE,TING,TINS,

3-letter words (46 found)

EHS,ENG,ENS,EST,ETH,GEN,GET,GHI,GIE,GIN,GIS,GIT,HEN,HES,HET,HIE,HIN,HIS,HIT,ING,INN,INS,ISH,ITS,NEG,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,NTH,SEG,SEI,SEN,SET,SHE,SIG,SIN,SIT,TEG,TEN,TES,THE,TIE,TIG,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (16 found)

EH,EN,ES,ET,GI,HE,HI,IN,IS,IT,NE,SH,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 204 words from sennight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sennight

sennight

Etymology

From Middle English senight, senyght, sinight (“seven days or nights, a week”) [and other forms], a shortened form of seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht, seoueniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sevennight.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛnaɪt/, /-nɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛnˌaɪt/
  • Hyphenation: sen‧night

Noun

sennight (plural sennights)

  1. (archaic or obsolete)
    1. A period of seven consecutive days and nights; a week.
      Synonym: (archaic or obsolete) sevennight
    2. (attributively) Preceded by a specified day such as Sunday, today, or yesterday: a week from (either before or after) the specified day.
      Synonym: (archaic or obsolete) sevennight
  2. (obsolete)
    Synonym: (obsolete) sevennight
    1. Preceded by a specified day and come: a week after the specified day.
    2. Preceded by a specified day and gone or was: a week before the specified day.

Alternative forms

  • se'nnight, se'night

Coordinate terms

  • fortnight

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References

Further reading

  • week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • sennight in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • Michael Quinion (created April 25, 1998, last updated May 2, 1998) “Sennight”, in World Wide Words.

Anagrams

  • nightens

Source: wiktionary.org