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Is spawn a Scrabble word?

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

S1P3A1W4N1

Is spawn a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1P3A1W4N1

Is spawn a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spawn is a Words With Friends word. The word spawn is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1P4A1W4N2

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5-letter words (2 found)

PAWNS,SPAWN,

4-letter words (16 found)

AWNS,NAPS,PANS,PAWN,PAWS,PWNS,SAWN,SNAP,SNAW,SPAN,SPAW,SWAN,SWAP,WANS,WAPS,WASP,

3-letter words (17 found)

ANS,ASP,AWN,NAP,NAS,NAW,PAN,PAS,PAW,PWN,SAN,SAP,SAW,SPA,WAN,WAP,WAS,

2-letter words (5 found)

AN,AS,AW,NA,PA,

You can make 40 words from spawn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spawn

spawn psawn sapwn aspwn paswn apswn spwan pswan swpan wspan pwsan wpsan sawpn aswpn swapn wsapn awspn waspn pawsn apwsn pwasn wpasn awpsn wapsn spanw psanw sapnw aspnw pasnw apsnw spnaw psnaw snpaw nspaw pnsaw npsaw sanpw asnpw snapw nsapw anspw naspw pansw apnsw pnasw npasw anpsw napsw spwna pswna swpna wspna pwsna wpsna spnwa psnwa snpwa nspwa pnswa npswa swnpa wsnpa snwpa nswpa wnspa nwspa pwnsa wpnsa pnwsa npwsa wnpsa nwpsa sawnp aswnp swanp wsanp awsnp wasnp sanwp asnwp snawp nsawp answp naswp swnap wsnap snwap nswap wnsap nwsap awnsp wansp anwsp nawsp wnasp nwasp pawns apwns pwans wpans awpns wapns panws apnws pnaws npaws anpws napws pwnas wpnas pnwas npwas wnpas nwpas awnps wanps anwps nawps wnaps nwaps

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Definitions and meaning of spawn

spawn

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /spɔːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /spɔn/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /spɑn/
  • (Southern American English) IPA(key): /spɑɒn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn, Rhymes: -ɑn

Etymology 1

Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”).

Verb

spawn (third-person singular simple present spawns, present participle spawning, simple past and past participle spawned)

  1. (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
  2. (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
  3. (transitive) To bring forth in general.
  4. (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
  5. (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
  6. (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
  7. (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
  8. (ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.
    Hyponym: respawn
  9. (ergative, figuratively, Internet slang) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, unexpectedly and seemingly out of nowhere.
  10. (intransitive, figuratively, Internet slang, humorous) Of a person or non-egg-laying animal: to be born.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above).

Noun

spawn (countable and uncountable, plural spawn or spawns)

  1. The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
  2. Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
  3. Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
    1. (often derogatory) Children; offspring.
  4. (horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
  5. (video games) Synonym of spawn point.
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Anagrams

  • WPANs, pawns

Source: wiktionary.org