orphanage
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
/ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/
Definition of orphanage
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
“Near-synonym: children's home (not always different)”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
“Near-synonym: children's home (not always different)”
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.
Words you can make from orphanage
200+ playable · top: ANAPHOR (12 pts)
Best play anaphor 12 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
50 words- GRAPH 11 pts
- PHAGE 11 pts
- EPHOR 10 pts
- HOPER 10 pts
- PHONE 10 pts
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- ORGAN 6 pts
- RANGE 6 pts
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4-letter words
82 words- EPHA 9 pts
- HARP 9 pts
- HEAP 9 pts
- HOPE 9 pts
- OPAH 9 pts
- PHEO 9 pts
- PHON 9 pts
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- ANOA 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
- ROAN 4 pts
3-letter words
48 words- HAP 8 pts
- HEP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- HAG 7 pts
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- AAH 6 pts
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- ARE 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
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