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Is throng a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word throng is a Scrabble US word. The word throng is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is throng a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word throng is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is throng a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

THRONG,

5-letter words (3 found)

NORTH,THONG,THORN,

4-letter words (12 found)

GOTH,GROT,HONG,HORN,RONG,RONT,THON,THRO,TONG,TORN,TROG,TRON,

3-letter words (19 found)

GON,GOR,GOT,HOG,HON,HOT,NOG,NOH,NOR,NOT,NTH,ORG,ORT,RHO,ROT,THO,TOG,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (7 found)

GO,HO,NO,OH,ON,OR,TO,

You can make 42 words from throng according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of throng

throng

Etymology

From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: thrŏng, IPA(key): /θɹɒŋ/
  • (General American) enPR: thrông, IPA(key): /θɹɔŋ/
    • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /θɹɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

throng (plural throngs)

  1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
    Synonyms: crowd, multitude
  2. A group of things; a host or swarm.

Translations

Verb

throng (third-person singular simple present throngs, present participle thronging, simple past and past participle thronged)

  1. (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
  2. (intransitive) To congregate.
  3. (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Related terms

  • thring

Translations

Adjective

throng (comparative more throng, superlative most throng)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Filled with persons or objects; crowded. [from 16th c.]
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) Busy; hurried. [from 17th c.]

Source: wiktionary.org