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Is turner a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word turner is a Scrabble US word. The word turner is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is turner a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word turner is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

T1U1R1N1E1R1

Is turner a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

RETURN,TURNER,

5-letter words (4 found)

RERUN,TRUER,TUNER,URENT,

4-letter words (10 found)

NURR,RENT,RUER,RUNE,RUNT,TERN,TRUE,TUNE,TURN,TURR,

3-letter words (15 found)

ERN,ERR,NET,NUR,NUT,REN,RET,RUE,RUN,RUT,TEN,TUN,URE,URN,UTE,

2-letter words (10 found)

EN,ER,ET,NE,NU,RE,TE,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of turner

turner

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: tûrʹnər; IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.nɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tûʹnə(r); IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn +‎ -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).

Noun

turner (plural turners)

  1. One who or that which turns.
  2. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
  3. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
    Synonyms: fish slice, spatula
  4. (zoology) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  5. (cricket) A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From German Turner (“gymnast”).

Noun

turner (plural turners)

  1. (sports) An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.

Etymology 3

Noun

turner (plural turners)

  1. (historical) An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.

Further reading

  • “turner”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “turner”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “turner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “turner”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

  • return

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

turner m (plural turners, diminutive turnertje n)

  1. gymnast

Latin

Etymology

Latinised German Thurner (“trumpeter, bugler”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.ner/, [ˈt̪ʊrnɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.ner/, [ˈt̪urner]

Noun

turner m (genitive turnerī); second declension

  1. bugler
  2. trumpeter

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Synonyms

  • (trumpeter): tubicinātor, tubocantius, tubicen

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

turner m (definite singular turneren, indefinite plural turnere, definite plural turnerne)

  1. gymnast

Related terms

  • turn

References

  • “turner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

turner

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of torner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • turnar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
  • tuornar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin tornō, tornāre (“turn”), from tornus (“lathe”).

Verb

turner

  1. (Puter) to return, go back, come back
  2. (Puter) to return, come back (home)

Source: wiktionary.org