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Is town a Scrabble word?

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

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Is town a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is town a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (3 found)

NOWT,TOWN,WONT,

3-letter words (9 found)

NOT,NOW,OWN,OWT,TON,TOW,TWO,WON,WOT,

2-letter words (5 found)

NO,ON,OW,TO,WO,

You can make 17 words from town according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of town

town otwn twon wton owtn wotn tonw otnw tnow ntow ontw notw twno wtno tnwo ntwo wnto nwto ownt wont onwt nowt wnot nwot

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

Definitions and meaning of town

town

Alternative forms

  • tahn, tawn (Bermuda)
  • toon (Geordie)
  • toune, towne (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn (“enclosure, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence”) (compare West Frisian tún, Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Zaun, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun), from Gaulish dūnom (“hill, hillfort”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (compare archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /taʊn/, [tʰaʊ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -aʊn

Noun

town (countable and uncountable, plural towns)

  1. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
  2. Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
  3. (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
  4. The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
  5. (colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
  6. A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
  7. (informal) A townhouse.
  8. (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
  9. (obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
  10. (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
  11. (England, traditional, also Town, in phrases such as 'in town' or 'to town') London, especially central London.

Usage notes

  • An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town may be considered urban. In urban areas, a town can be considered suburban; a village in the suburbs. The distinctions are fluid and dependent on subjective perception.

Hypernyms

  • settlement

Derived terms

  • Pages starting with “town”.

Descendants

  • → Chichewa: tawuni
  • → Jersey Dutch: tāun
  • → Pennsylvania German: Taun
  • → Japanese: タウン (taun)

Translations

See also

  • suburban
  • rural
  • urban

Anagrams

  • nowt, wo'n't, won't, wont

Middle English

Noun

town

  1. Alternative form of toun

Source: wiktionary.org