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Is silken a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word silken is a Scrabble US word. The word silken is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1I1L1K5E1N1

Is silken a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word silken is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1I1L1K5E1N1

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6-letter words (3 found)

INKLES,LIKENS,SILKEN,

5-letter words (14 found)

ELSIN,INKLE,KILNS,KINES,LENIS,LIENS,LIKEN,LIKES,LINES,LINKS,NELIS,SILEN,SKEIN,SLINK,

4-letter words (32 found)

EIKS,ELKS,ILKS,INKS,ISLE,KENS,KILN,KINE,KINS,LEIS,LEKS,LENS,LIEN,LIES,LIKE,LINE,LINK,LINS,LISK,NEKS,NIES,NILS,SEIK,SEIL,SIEN,SIKE,SILE,SILK,SINE,SINK,SKEN,SKIN,

3-letter words (27 found)

EIK,ELK,ELS,ENS,IKE,ILK,INK,INS,KEN,KIN,KIS,LEI,LEK,LES,LIE,LIN,LIS,NEK,NIE,NIL,NIS,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIK,SIN,SKI,

2-letter words (9 found)

EL,EN,ES,IN,IS,KI,LI,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 86 words from silken according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of silken

silken

Etymology

From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, from seolc (“silk”) +‎ -en, from an unattested early Proto-West Germanic borrowing from Latin sēricum, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Equivalent to silk +‎ -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots selkin, silkin (“silken”), Icelandic silki (“silken”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪlkən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlkən
  • Hyphenation: silk‧en

Adjective

silken (not comparable)

  1. Made of silk.
  2. Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
    1. Having a smooth, soft, or light texture.
    2. (figuratively, of speech or singing) Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or (typically derogatory) convincing through pleasing expression.
  3. Dressed in silk.
    • 1724, Aaron Hill, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson & A. Wilde, 1730, Volume 2, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, p. 197,[3]
      Last Saturday was three Weeks, at Two, in the Afternoon, I sent out my Servant, to watch a Couple of these Silken Strollers, and keep, if possible, within Ken of them.

Synonyms

  • (made of silk): silk; seric (rare)

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Verb

silken (third-person singular simple present silkens, present participle silkening, simple past and past participle silkened)

  1. (transitive) To render silken or silklike.
    silkening body lotion
    • 1757, John Dyer, The Fleece, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Book I, lines 492-494, p. 30,[4]
      Or, if your sheep are of Silurian breed,
      Nightly to house them dry on fern or straw,
      Silk’ning their fleeces.

Anagrams

  • Elkins, Kinsel, Kliens, Lesnik, inkles, k-lines, klines, likens

Middle English

Adjective

silken

  1. Alternative form of selken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

silken m

  1. definite singular of silke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

silken m

  1. definite singular of silke

Source: wiktionary.org