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Is undern a Scrabble word?

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

U1N1D2E1R1N1

Is undern a Scrabble UK word?

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

U1N1D2E1R1N1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DUNNER,UNDERN,

5-letter words (6 found)

ENURN,NUDER,RUNED,UNDER,UNRED,URNED,

4-letter words (14 found)

DERN,DUNE,DURE,DURN,NERD,NUDE,NURD,REND,RUDE,RUED,RUND,RUNE,UNDE,URDE,

3-letter words (16 found)

DEN,DUE,DUN,END,ERN,NED,NUN,NUR,RED,REN,RUD,RUE,RUN,URD,URE,URN,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,ED,EN,ER,NE,NU,RE,UN,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from undern according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of undern

undern

English

Alternative forms

  • underne, undirn

Etymology

From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn.

Noun

undern (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am). [10th–15th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm). [14th–15th c.]
  3. (UK, dialectal) Synonym of afternoon. [from 15th c.]
  4. (UK, dialectal) Synonym of evening. [from 15th c.]
  5. (UK, dialectal) A light meal, particularly in the afternoon. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

  • (noon): meridian, sext; see also Thesaurus:midday
  • (afternoon): arvo; see also Thesaurus:afternoon
  • (evening): eventide; see also Thesaurus:evening
  • (light meal): snack

Derived terms

  • andersmeat, half undern, high undern, undermeal, undern-bell, undern-song, underntide, undertide, whole undern

Translations

References

  • "undern, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

  • dunner, end run, runned

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Influenced in sense by Latin tertia. Cognate with Old Norse undorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈun.dern/, [ˈun.derˠn]

Noun

undern m

  1. terce, the third hour of the day (around 9 am)
  2. (in some later use) midday, the sixth hour of the day (12 pm)
  3. (in compounds) morning generally

Synonyms

  • (third hour): undernmǣl, underntīd, underntima
  • (sixth hour): middæġ

Hypernyms

  • stunda, tid

Derived terms

  • underngereord, underngifl, undernmete, undernrest, undernsang, undernswæsendu

Descendants

  • Middle English: ondern, undern
    • English: undern

References

  • Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “undern”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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