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Is won a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word won is a Scrabble US word. The word won is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word won is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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3-letter words (3 found)

NOW,OWN,WON,

2-letter words (4 found)

NO,ON,OW,WO,

You can make 7 words from won according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of won

won own wno nwo onw now

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Definitions and meaning of won

won

Etymology 1

  • Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wŭn, IPA(key): /wʌn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophone: one (on most accents)

Verb

won

  1. simple past and past participle of win
Derived terms
  • unwon

Etymology 2

From Old English wunian, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.

Alternative forms

  • wone

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɒn/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn
  • Homophones: one, wan

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present wons, present participle wonning, simple past and past participle wonned)

  1. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To live, remain.
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xxxiii:
      I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won.
  2. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To be accustomed to do something.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wŏn, IPA(key): /wɒn/
  • (US) enPR: wän, IPA(key): /wɑn/
  • Rhymes: -ɒn
  • Homophones: one, wan

Noun

won (plural won)

  1. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
    Synonyms: ₩, ￦
Derived terms
  • blue won
  • red won
Translations

See also

  • North Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • South Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ₩ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ㌆ (won)

Anagrams

  • NOW, NWO, now, own

Chuukese

Preposition

won

  1. on

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Verb

won

  1. singular past indicative of winnen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɔn/

Noun

won m (plural wons)

  1. won (unit of currency)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Noun

won

  1. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.

Japanese

Romanization

won

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ウォン

Lower Sorbian

Pronoun

won m sg

  1. Superseded spelling of wón.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

won (plural wones)

  1. Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)

Etymology 2

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wone (“course”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wone

Etymology 4

Adverb

won

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whon

Etymology 5

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wane (“deprivation”)

Etymology 6

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wane

Etymology 7

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wan

Etymology 8

Noun

won (plural wones)

  1. Alternative form of wone (“custom”)

Etymology 9

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wane (“woeful state”)

Etymology 10

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present woneth, present participle wonende, wonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle woned)

  1. Alternative form of wonden

Etymology 11

Numeral

won

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of on

Etymology 12

Adverb

won

  1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

won

  1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

Etymology 13

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wonen (“to dwell”)

Etymology 14

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wounden: past participle of wynden

Etymology 15

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
  2. Alternative form of wonnen: past participle of winnen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

won m (definite singular wonen, indefinite plural wonar, definite plural wonane)

  1. won (unit of currency)

References

  • “won” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wann, first/third-person singular past indicative of winnan

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Syllabification: won

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 원 (won), from Chinese 圓／圆 (yuán).

Noun

won m animal

  1. won (currency of South Korea)
  2. won (currency of North Korea)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian вон (von), from Old East Slavic вънъ (vŭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъ́nъ. Compare Old Polish wen.

Interjection

won

  1. (colloquial, dismissal) out!, get out!
    Synonyms: precz, sio, wynocha

Further reading

  • won in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • won in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

won m (plural wones)

  1. won (unit of currency)

Wolof

Pronunciation

Verb

won

  1. to show

Conjugation

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 19


Source: wiktionary.org