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Is wrang a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wrang is a Scrabble US word. The word wrang is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is wrang a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wrang is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word wrang is a Words With Friends word. The word wrang is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

WRANG,

4-letter words (7 found)

GNAR,GNAW,GRAN,RANG,RAWN,WANG,WARN,

3-letter words (12 found)

AWN,GAN,GAR,GAW,NAG,NAW,RAG,RAN,RAW,WAG,WAN,WAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AG,AN,AR,AW,NA,

You can make 25 words from wrang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of wrang

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Definitions and meaning of wrang

wrang

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɹæŋ/
  • Homophone: rang
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

Verb

wrang

  1. (archaic or dialectal) simple past of wring

Afrikaans

Etymology

From written Dutch wrang. Doublet of vrank (“tart, sour”), which is the more strictly native form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vrɑŋ/

Adjective

wrang (attributive wrang or wrange, comparative wranger, superlative wrangste)

  1. harsh
  2. bitter, rueful

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wranc, from Old Dutch *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vrɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Adjective

wrang (comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)

  1. astringent (mouthfeel), tart

Inflection

Derived terms

  • wrangheid

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vrank, wrang

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

wrang

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of wringen

Old English

Alternative forms

  • wrong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wrɑnɡ/, [wrɑŋɡ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, from *wrangaz (“crooked, bent, curved”). Compare Alemannic German Rang (“convolution, bend”), Old Norse vröng (“a ship's rib”) (whence Icelandic röng, Old Norwegian vrǫng).

Noun

wrang m

  1. (nautical) a ship's hold
Declension
Related terms
  • wranga
Descendants
  • Middle English: wrang, wrong, wrange, wronge (merged with descendant of wranga)
    • ⇒ Middle English: wrangel

Etymology 2

Attested in later OE. Pons-Sanz and R. Dance argue that it's a native word inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, and only the meaning was acquired from Old Norse rangr by Middle English.

Noun

wrang n

  1. wrong, injustice
Declension

Adjective

wrang

  1. rough, uneven
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle English: wrong
    • English: wrong
    • Geordie English: wrang
    • Scots: wrang

Scots

Adjective

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

  1. wrong

Adverb

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

  1. wrong

Verb

wrang

  1. simple past tense of wring

Source: wiktionary.org