ayn

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/aɪn/

Definition of ayn

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A commune of Savoie department, France.
See all 6 definitions

name

  1. A commune of Savoie department, France.
  2. Synonym of Buhoodle, a district of Togdheer, Somalia.
  3. A female given name.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Anarchist Youth Network.

noun

  1. Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.
  2. Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From French Ayn, recorded earlier as Latin Ainum, presumably from an uncertain Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian etymon, *aginn (“height, high place”), possibly from pre-Celtic *Agannus (“rock”), perhaps from the same ultimate origin as the place Aginnum.

Anagrams of ayn

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play any 6 points

Words you can make from ayn

6 playable · top: ANY (6 pts)

Best play any 6 points

3-letter words

1 word

2-letter words

4 words

Find your best play with ayn

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes ayn, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.