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barnet

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

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪt/
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/ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪt/ · /ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪt/(UK)

Definition of barnet

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Cockney, slang)hair (on one's head)
    “Boris [Johnson], it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.”
    “Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask friends about theirs.”
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noun

  1. (Cockney, slang)hair (on one's head)
    “Boris [Johnson], it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.”
    “Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask friends about theirs.”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  2. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  3. (countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old English.

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Etymology

Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.

Anagrams of barnet

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5-letter words

4 words

4-letter words

28 words

3-letter words

32 words

2-letter words

15 words

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