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Is tarn a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tarn is a Scrabble US word. The word tarn is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

T1A1R1N1

Is tarn a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tarn is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

T1A1R1N1

Is tarn a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tarn is a Words With Friends word. The word tarn is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1A1R1N2

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4-letter words (2 found)

RANT,TARN,

3-letter words (7 found)

ANT,ART,NAT,RAN,RAT,TAN,TAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AN,AR,AT,NA,TA,

You can make 14 words from tarn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tarn

tarn atrn tran rtan artn ratn tanr atnr tnar ntar antr natr trna rtna tnra ntra rnta nrta arnt rant anrt nart rnat nrat

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

Definitions and meaning of tarn

tarn

Etymology

From Middle English terne, tarne (“lake; pond, pool”), from Old Norse tjǫrn (“a small lake without tributaries”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō (“water hole”), perhaps related to *turnaz (“bitter, embittered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to separate, split; to crack, shatter”). The word is cognate with Danish tjern, Faroese tjørn (“pond”), Icelandic tjörn (“pond”), Norwegian Bokmål tjern (“small forest or mountain lake”) (Norwegian Nynorsk tjern, tjørn), Swedish tjärn (“small forest lake”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɑːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /tɑɹn/, [tɝn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n
  • Homophone: turn (some US dialects)

Noun

tarn (plural tarns)

  1. (Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. [from late 14th c.]
  2. (US, chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds.

Alternative forms

  • tairn

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References

Further reading

  • tarn (lake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Tran, ar'n't, arn't, rant, tRNA, tran, trna

Source: wiktionary.org