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Is sustain a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sustain is a Scrabble US word. The word sustain is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1U1S1T1A1I1N1

Is sustain a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sustain is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1U1S1T1A1I1N1

Is sustain a Words With Friends word?

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

S1U2S1T1A1I1N2

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7-letter words (2 found)

ISSUANT,SUSTAIN,

6-letter words (8 found)

ASTUNS,SAINTS,SATINS,SAUNTS,STAINS,STAUNS,SUINTS,TUINAS,

5-letter words (34 found)

AITUS,ANTIS,ASTUN,AUNTS,INUST,NATIS,NISUS,SAINS,SAINT,SAIST,SANTS,SASIN,SATIN,SATIS,SAUNT,SAUTS,SINUS,SISTA,SITUS,SNITS,STAIN,STAUN,STUNS,SUINT,SUITS,SUNIS,TAINS,TIANS,TINAS,TUANS,TUINA,TUNAS,UNAIS,UNITS,

4-letter words (44 found)

AINS,AITS,AITU,ANIS,ANTI,ANTS,ANUS,AUNT,ISNA,ITAS,NATS,NITS,NUTS,SAIN,SAIS,SANS,SANT,SATI,SAUT,SINS,SIST,SITS,SNIT,STUN,SUIT,SUNI,SUNS,TAIN,TAIS,TANS,TASS,TAUS,TIAN,TINA,TINS,TUAN,TUIS,TUNA,TUNS,UNAI,UNIS,UNIT,UTAS,UTIS,

3-letter words (39 found)

AIN,AIS,AIT,ANI,ANS,ANT,ASS,ATS,INS,ITA,ITS,NAS,NAT,NIS,NIT,NUS,NUT,SAI,SAN,SAT,SAU,SIN,SIS,SIT,SUI,SUN,SUS,TAI,TAN,TAS,TAU,TIN,TIS,TUI,TUN,UNI,UNS,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (16 found)

AI,AN,AS,AT,IN,IS,IT,NA,NU,SI,ST,TA,TI,UN,US,UT,

You can make 143 words from sustain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sustain

sustain

Etymology

From Middle English susteinen, sustenen, from Old French sustenir (French soutenir), from Latin sustineō, sustinēre (“to uphold”), from sub- (“from below, up”) + teneō (“hold”, verb).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /səˈsteɪn/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /səˈstæɪn/
  • Hyphenation: sus‧tain
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb

sustain (third-person singular simple present sustains, present participle sustaining, simple past and past participle sustained)

  1. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
  2. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
  3. (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something). (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  5. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
    Coordinate term: incur
  6. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
  7. (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
    Antonym: overrule
  8. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
  9. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

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Noun

sustain (plural sustains)

  1. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.

Anagrams

  • issuant

Source: wiktionary.org