genie

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/
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/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/ · /ˈd͡ʒiːni/

Definition of genie

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
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noun

  1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
    “genie in a bottle”

name

  1. A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
  2. A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

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Etymology

From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).

Anagrams of genie

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

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13 playable · top: GENE (5 pts)

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4-letter words

1 word

3-letter words

7 words

2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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