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Is twain a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word twain is a Scrabble US word. The word twain is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is twain a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word twain is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is twain a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word twain is a Words With Friends word. The word twain is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

TWAIN,WITAN,

4-letter words (8 found)

ANTI,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,TWIN,WAIN,WAIT,WANT,

3-letter words (19 found)

AIN,AIT,ANI,ANT,AWN,ITA,NAT,NAW,NIT,TAI,TAN,TAW,TIN,TWA,WAI,WAN,WAT,WIN,WIT,

2-letter words (9 found)

AI,AN,AT,AW,IN,IT,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 38 words from twain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of twain

twain wtain tawin atwin watin awtin twian wtian tiwan itwan witan iwtan taiwn atiwn tiawn itawn aitwn iatwn waitn awitn wiatn iwatn aiwtn iawtn twani wtani tawni atwni watni awtni twnai wtnai tnwai ntwai wntai nwtai tanwi atnwi tnawi ntawi antwi natwi wanti awnti wnati nwati anwti nawti twina wtina tiwna itwna witna iwtna twnia wtnia tnwia ntwia wntia nwtia tinwa itnwa tniwa ntiwa intwa nitwa winta iwnta wnita nwita inwta niwta tainw atinw tianw itanw aitnw iatnw taniw atniw tnaiw ntaiw antiw natiw tinaw itnaw tniaw ntiaw intaw nitaw aintw iantw anitw naitw inatw niatw waint awint wiant iwant aiwnt iawnt wanit awnit wnait nwait anwit nawit winat iwnat wniat nwiat inwat niwat ainwt ianwt aniwt naiwt inawt niawt

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Definitions and meaning of twain

twain

Alternative forms

  • twaine

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tweɪn/, [tʰw̥eɪn]
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English tweyne, tweien, twaine, from Old English twēġen m (“two”), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Saterland Frisian twäin, Low German twene, German zween. More at two.

The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of two, then especially in the cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV, the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it is commonly used as a rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not to or too is meant.

Numeral

twain

  1. (dated) two
Derived terms
Trivia
  • Mark Twain: pen name of the author Samuel Langhorne Clemens. "Mark twain!" was called out by a steamship hand when the sounding depth was 2 fathoms, or 12 feet. This was the shallowest water in which most steamships could operate at full power.

Adjective

twain (not comparable)

  1. (rare) twofold

Noun

twain (plural twains)

  1. pair, couple

Etymology 2

From Middle English twaynen, from twayne (“two”, numeral) (see Etymology 1 above).

Verb

twain (third-person singular simple present twains, present participle twaining, simple past and past participle twained)

  1. (transitive) To part in twain; divide; sunder.
See also
  • twin

Anagrams

  • Antwi, Wiant, waint, witan

Source: wiktionary.org