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You can make 8 words from twin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of twin

twin wtin tiwn itwn witn iwtn twni wtni tnwi ntwi wnti nwti tinw itnw tniw ntiw intw nitw wint iwnt wnit nwit inwt niwt

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

Definitions and meaning of twin

twin

Alternative forms

• twynne (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR: twĭn, IPA^(key): /twɪn/, [tw̥ɪn]
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twinahz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).

Noun

twin (plural twins)

1. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
2. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
3. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
4. (US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
5. (aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
6. (crystallography) A twin crystal.

Synonyms

• twindle, twinling, doublet (in the sense of twins and triplets)

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Translations

See also

• twyndyllyng
• (hotel room): single, double
• twain

Verb

twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)

1. (transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
2. (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
3. (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.
4. (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
5. (transitive) To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
6. (intransitive) To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.

See also

• sister city

Etymology 2

From Middle English *twin, *twyn, from Old English twin, twinn (“twin; double”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twīhnaz (“occurring in a pair; twofold; double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Icelandic tvennur (“double”), Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai, “two each”).

Adjective

twin (not comparable)

1. Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.

2. Forming a pair of twins.

Synonyms

• (forming a matched pair): twofold; see also Thesaurus:dual

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Translations

Further reading

• “twin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “twin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “twin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Wint

Middle English

Noun

twin

1. Alternative form of twyn

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twin/

Adjective

twin

1. Alternative form of twinn

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