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Is villain a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word villain is a Scrabble US word. The word villain is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is villain a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word villain is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is villain a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word villain is a Words With Friends word. The word villain is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

VILLAIN,

6-letter words (1 found)

VILLAN,

5-letter words (6 found)

ANVIL,ILIAL,NIVAL,VILLA,VILLI,VINAL,

4-letter words (12 found)

ANIL,ILIA,INIA,LAIN,NAIL,NILL,VAIL,VAIN,VALI,VIAL,VILL,VINA,

3-letter words (12 found)

AIL,AIN,ALL,ANI,ILL,LAV,LIN,NAV,NIL,VAN,VIA,VIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,AN,IN,LA,LI,NA,

You can make 39 words from villain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of villain

villain

Alternative forms

  • villan (archaic)

Etymology

Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin villanus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪl.ən/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈvɪl.jən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən
  • Homophone: villein

Noun

villain (plural villains, feminine villainess)

  1. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) A vile, wicked person.
    1. An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
    2. A deliberate scoundrel.
  2. (archaic, derogatory) A low-born, abject person.
  3. In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
    Synonyms: antagonist; see also Thesaurus:villain
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
      As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain—not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series.
  4. (poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).
  5. Archaic form of villein (“feudal tenant, peasant, serf”).

Synonyms

  • knave
  • rascal
  • scamp
  • cad
  • See also Thesaurus:villain
  • See also Thesaurus:troublemaker

Derived terms

Related terms

  • villein

Translations

Verb

villain (third-person singular simple present villains, present participle villaining, simple past and past participle villained)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To debase; to degrade[16th century].

References

Further reading

  • villain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Villani, villian

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • villojen

Noun

villain

  1. (dated) genitive plural of villa

Anagrams

  • villani

Old French

Noun

villain oblique singular, m (oblique plural villainz, nominative singular villainz, nominative plural villain)

  1. Alternative form of vilain

Source: wiktionary.org