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Is warn a Scrabble word?

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

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Is warn a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is warn a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

RAWN,WARN,

3-letter words (6 found)

AWN,NAW,RAN,RAW,WAN,WAR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,AR,AW,NA,

You can make 12 words from warn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of warn

warn awrn wran rwan arwn rawn wanr awnr wnar nwar anwr nawr wrna rwna wnra nwra rnwa nrwa arnw ranw anrw narw rnaw nraw

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

Definitions and meaning of warn

warn

Etymology

From Middle English warnen, warnien (“to warn; admonish”), from Old English warnian (“to take heed; warn”), from Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn; take heed”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to be aware; give heed”). Cognate with Dutch waarnen (obsolete), German Low German warnen, German warnen, Swedish varna, Icelandic varna.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɔːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /wɔɹn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
  • Homophone: worn (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Verb

warn (third-person singular simple present warns, present participle warning, simple past and past participle warned)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
    1. (transitive) To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc. [from 11th c.]
    2. (transitive) To notify or inform (someone, about something). [from at least the 13th c.]
    3. (transitive) To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty.
      The sheriff warned her to appear in court.
      • 1741–2 March 4, Books of Keelman's Hospital, Newcastle, quoted in Northumberland Words (1894):
        Committee being warned these following were absent or short [...]
    4. (transitive, intransitive, of a clock, possibly obsolete) To make a sound (e.g. clicking or whirring) indicating that it is about to strike or chime (an hour).
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:warn.
  2. (transitive) To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. [from 11th c.]
    He was warned against crossing the railway tracks at night.
    Don't let me catch you running in the corridor again, I warn you.
  3. (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away.
    A sign warns trespassers off/away from the site.
  4. (intransitive) To give warning.

Usage notes

  • The intransitive sense is considered colloquial by some, and is explicitly proscribed by, for example, the Daily Telegraph style guide (which prefers give warning).

Derived terms

  • forewarn
  • warner
  • warning

Translations

Anagrams

  • ANWR

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

warn

  1. Alternative form of weren

Etymology 2

Verb

warn

  1. Alternative form of wernen

Source: wiktionary.org