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Is sinew a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sinew is a Scrabble US word. The word sinew is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is sinew a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sinew is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1I1N1E1W4

Is sinew a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (4 found)

SEWIN,SINEW,SWINE,WINES,

4-letter words (9 found)

NEWS,NIES,SEWN,SIEN,SINE,WENS,WINE,WINS,WISE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ENS,INS,NEW,NIE,NIS,SEI,SEN,SEW,SIN,WEN,WIN,WIS,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ES,EW,IN,IS,NE,SI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 5 letters words made out of sinew

sinew isnew sniew nsiew insew nisew sienw isenw seinw esinw iesnw eisnw sneiw nseiw seniw esniw nesiw ensiw inesw niesw iensw einsw neisw enisw sinwe isnwe sniwe nsiwe inswe niswe siwne iswne swine wsine iwsne wisne snwie nswie swnie wsnie nwsie wnsie inwse niwse iwnse winse nwise wnise siewn isewn seiwn esiwn ieswn eiswn siwen iswen swien wsien iwsen wisen sewin eswin swein wsein ewsin wesin iewsn eiwsn iwesn wiesn ewisn weisn snewi nsewi senwi esnwi neswi enswi snwei nswei swnei wsnei nwsei wnsei sewni eswni sweni wseni ewsni wesni newsi enwsi nwesi wnesi ewnsi wensi inews niews ienws einws neiws eniws inwes niwes iwnes wines nwies wnies iewns eiwns iwens wiens ewins weins newis enwis nweis wneis ewnis wenis

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Definitions and meaning of sinew

sinew

Etymology

From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“tendon, sinew”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”).

The word is cognate with sinnow (“sinew”), Scots senon, sinnon, Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine (“sinew; nerve”), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne (“tendon, sinew; cord”), Icelandic sin (“tendon”), Swedish sena (“sinew”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “tendon, sinew”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon; nerve; cord”), Latin nervus (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāván, “sinew, tendon; muscle”), Tocharian B ṣñor (“sinew”). Doublet of nerve and neuron.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnjuː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnju/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnjʉː/
  • Hyphenation: sin‧ew

Noun

sinew (plural sinews)

  1. (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
  2. A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
  3. (figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
  4. (figuratively, often in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
  5. (anatomy, obsolete) A nerve.

Alternative forms

  • sinnew

Coordinate terms

  • (cord or string): twine

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Verb

sinew (third-person singular simple present sinews, present participle sinewing, simple past and past participle sinewed)

  1. (transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

Derived terms

  • unsinew

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References

Further reading

  • tendon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen

Source: wiktionary.org