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Is siren a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word siren is a Scrabble US word. The word siren is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

S1I1R1E1N1

Is siren a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word siren is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

S1I1R1E1N1

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5-letter words (7 found)

REINS,RESIN,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,SERIN,SIREN,

4-letter words (13 found)

ERNS,IRES,NIES,REIN,REIS,RENS,RINE,RINS,RISE,SEIR,SIEN,SINE,SIRE,

3-letter words (17 found)

ENS,ERN,ERS,INS,IRE,NIE,NIS,REI,REN,RES,RIN,SEI,SEN,SER,SIN,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ER,ES,IN,IS,NE,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from siren according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of siren

siren isren srien rsien irsen risen siern isern seirn esirn iesrn eisrn srein rsein serin esrin resin ersin iresn riesn iersn eirsn reisn erisn sirne isrne srine rsine irsne risne sinre isnre snire nsire insre nisre srnie rsnie snrie nsrie rnsie nrsie irnse rinse inrse nirse rnise nrise sienr isenr seinr esinr iesnr eisnr siner isner snier nsier inser niser senir esnir sneir nseir ensir nesir iensr einsr inesr niesr enisr neisr sreni rseni serni esrni resni ersni srnei rsnei snrei nsrei rnsei nrsei senri esnri sneri nseri ensri nesri rensi ernsi rnesi nresi enrsi nersi irens riens ierns eirns reins erins irnes rines inres nires rnies nries ienrs einrs iners niers enirs neirs renis ernis rneis nreis enris neris

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Definitions and meaning of siren

siren

Alternative forms

  • sirene (dated, archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles. Doublet of serin.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪəɹən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪɹən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪəɹən, -aɪɹən

Noun

siren (plural sirens or sirenes)

  1. (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
  2. One who sings sweetly and charms.
  3. A dangerously seductive woman.
  4. A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
  5. A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
  6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
  7. A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879).
    • 1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave.
  8. (music) A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
  9. An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
  10. (astronomy, astrophysics) An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.

Synonyms

  • (one who sings sweetly and charms): crooner
  • (dangerously seductive woman): See Thesaurus:vamp
  • (device for making a sound alarm): klaxon

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

siren (third-person singular simple present sirens, present participle sirening, simple past and past participle sirened)

  1. To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

Adjective

siren

  1. Relating to or like a siren.
    Synonyms: bewitching, enchanting, enticing, sirenic

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • ESRIN, Isner, Neris, Reins, Rines, Siner, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, serin

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

sìren (Cyrillic spelling сѝрен)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of siriti

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).

Noun

siren c

  1. (Greek mythology) siren
  2. siren, alarm, klaxon

Declension

Derived terms

  • sirendjur
  • sirensignal
  • sirensång
  • sirentjut

References

  • siren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • siren in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • siren in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From French sirène.

Noun

siren (definite accusative sireni, plural sirenler)

  1. siren

Welsh

Noun

siren f (not mutable)

  1. Alternative form of seiren

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “siren”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Source: wiktionary.org