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Is spleen a Scrabble word?

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

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Is spleen a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is spleen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spleen is a Words With Friends word. The word spleen is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

PENSEL,SPLEEN,

5-letter words (10 found)

LEEPS,LENES,LENSE,NEEPS,PEELS,PEENS,PELES,PENES,SLEEP,SPEEL,

4-letter words (24 found)

EELS,ELSE,ENES,ESNE,LEEP,LEES,LENS,LEPS,NEEP,NEPS,PEEL,PEEN,PEES,PELE,PELS,PENE,PENS,SEEL,SEEN,SEEP,SELE,SENE,SLEE,SNEE,

3-letter words (17 found)

EEL,EEN,ELS,ENE,ENS,LEE,LEP,LES,NEE,NEP,PEE,PEL,PEN,PES,SEE,SEL,SEN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,EN,ES,NE,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from spleen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spleen

spleen

Etymology

From Middle English splene, splen, from Anglo-Norman espleen and Old French esplein, esplen, from Latin splēn (“milt”), from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “the spleen”). Doublet of lien. Partially displaced the native English term milt.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: splēn, IPA(key): /spliːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

spleen (countable and uncountable, plural spleens)

  1. (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
  2. (archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:spleen.
  3. (obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
  4. (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
  5. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.

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Verb

spleen (third-person singular simple present spleens, present participle spleening, simple past and past participle spleened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
  2. To annoy or irritate.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To complain; to rail; to vent one's spleen.
  4. To remove the spleen, or, by extension, to gore.
  5. To excise or remove.

Anagrams

  • pensel, plenes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English spleen in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /splin/

Noun

spleen m (plural spleens)

  1. bad mood, melancholy
    Synonyms: bourdon, cafard, dépression, ennui, hypocondrie, langueur, neurasthénie

Further reading

  • “spleen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English spleen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /splin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: spleen
  • Homophone: splin

Noun

spleen m inan

  1. (clinical psychology, medicine) Alternative spelling of splin

Declension

Further reading

  • spleen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • spleen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English spleen. Doublet of lien and splină.

Noun

spleen n (uncountable)

  1. spleen (melancholy)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spleen. Attested since 1745.

Noun

spleen c

  1. spleen (melancholy, ennui)

Declension

See also

  • livsleda

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org