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Is terrain a Scrabble word?

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

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Is terrain a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is terrain a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word terrain is a Words With Friends word. The word terrain is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

RETRAIN,TERRAIN,TRAINER,

6-letter words (7 found)

ARTIER,ERRANT,IRATER,RANTER,RATINE,RETAIN,RETINA,

5-letter words (25 found)

AIRER,ANTRE,ARRET,EARNT,ENTIA,INERT,INTER,INTRA,IRATE,NARRE,NITER,NITRE,RAINE,RATER,RERAN,RETIA,RIANT,TARRE,TENIA,TERAI,TERRA,TINEA,TRAIN,TRIER,TRINE,

4-letter words (42 found)

AINE,AIRN,AIRT,ANTE,ANTI,ARET,ARTI,EARN,EINA,ETNA,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,NITE,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RARE,RATE,REAN,REAR,REIN,RENT,RINE,RITE,TAIN,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TEIN,TERN,TIAN,TIAR,TIER,TINA,TINE,TIRE,TIRR,TRIE,TRIN,

3-letter words (40 found)

AIN,AIR,AIT,ANE,ANI,ANT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAN,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERN,ERR,ETA,IRE,ITA,NAE,NAT,NET,NIE,NIT,RAI,RAN,RAT,REI,REN,RET,RIA,RIN,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEN,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AI,AN,AR,AT,EA,EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 135 words from terrain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of terrain

terrain

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tə.ˈɹeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

terrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)

  1. (geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
  2. An area of land or the particular features of it.
  3. (chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground.

Synonyms

  • (area of land): ground

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “terrain”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • rantier, retrain, trainer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French terrain, terrein, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrēnum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁɛ̃/

Noun

terrain m (plural terrains)

  1. ground, landscape
  2. field (as in soccer field)
    Un nouveau terrain de football a été aménagé l’an dernier. ― A new soccer field was built last year.
  3. lot, plot, parcel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Czech: terén
  • Norwegian:
    → Norwegian Bokmål: terreng
    → Norwegian Nynorsk: terreng
  • → Swedish: terräng

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • rentrai, ternira, trainer, traîner

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • terren (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
  • taragn (Sutsilvan)
  • teragn (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.

Noun

terrain m (plural terrains)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) land, soil
  2. (Puter) country, land
    Synonym: (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais

Source: wiktionary.org