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Is swain a Scrabble word?

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

S1W4A1I1N1

Is swain a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1W4A1I1N1

Is swain a Words With Friends word?

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

S1W4A1I1N2

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5-letter words (2 found)

SWAIN,WAINS,

4-letter words (12 found)

AINS,ANIS,AWNS,ISNA,SAIN,SAWN,SNAW,SWAN,WAIN,WAIS,WANS,WINS,

3-letter words (18 found)

AIN,AIS,ANI,ANS,AWN,INS,NAS,NAW,NIS,SAI,SAN,SAW,SIN,WAI,WAN,WAS,WIN,WIS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AI,AN,AS,AW,IN,IS,NA,SI,

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

All 5 letters words made out of swain

swain wsain sawin aswin wasin awsin swian wsian siwan iswan wisan iwsan saiwn asiwn siawn isawn aiswn iaswn waisn awisn wiasn iwasn aiwsn iawsn swani wsani sawni aswni wasni awsni swnai wsnai snwai nswai wnsai nwsai sanwi asnwi snawi nsawi answi naswi wansi awnsi wnasi nwasi anwsi nawsi swina wsina siwna iswna wisna iwsna swnia wsnia snwia nswia wnsia nwsia sinwa isnwa sniwa nsiwa inswa niswa winsa iwnsa wnisa nwisa inwsa niwsa sainw asinw sianw isanw aisnw iasnw saniw asniw snaiw nsaiw ansiw nasiw sinaw isnaw sniaw nsiaw insaw nisaw ainsw iansw anisw naisw inasw niasw wains awins wians iwans aiwns iawns wanis awnis wnais nwais anwis nawis winas iwnas wnias nwias inwas niwas ainws ianws aniws naiws inaws niaws

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word swain. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in swain.

Definitions and meaning of swain

swain

Alternative forms

  • swaine, swein (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English swayn, swain, sweyn, swein, from Old English sweġen (attested also as personal name Swein, Sweġen), from Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself; separate; apart”), thus properly one's own.

Cognate with Danish svend (“hireling, young man”), Norwegian svein (“lad, young man, servant”) Icelandic sveinn (“boy, lad, servant”), Swedish sven (“swain, servant”), Low German Sween, dialectal German Schwein, Old English swān (“swineherd, lad”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sweɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

swain (plural swains)

  1. (obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
  2. (obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
  3. (archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
  4. (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
    • 2016 Zack Woods (as Donald "Jared" Dunn), "Founder Friendly", Silicon Valley episode 19
      You're the belle of the ball, and these are all your swains, hoping for a glimpse of ankle.

Derived terms

  • boatswain
  • coxswain
  • swaining
  • swainling

Translations

Anagrams

  • Sawin, Wains, inaws, iwans, saw in, wains

Source: wiktionary.org