swainish
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
Definition of swainish
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
-
Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain according to any definition; but commonly conveying the sense of "ignorant", or "rustic".
“[W]hen good and faire in one Perſon meet, argues both a groſſe and ſhallow Judgement, and withall an ungentle, and ſwainiſh breſt.”
“Falconer's characters are few; but the calm sagacious commander, and the rough obstinate Rodmond, are well contrasted. Some part of the love-story of Palemon is rather swainish and protracted, yet the effect of his being involved in the calamity, leaves a deeper sympathy in the mind for the daughter of Albert, when we conceive her at once deprived both of a father and a lover.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From swain + -ish.
Words you can make from swainish
87 playable · top: SWINISH (13 pts)
Best play swinish 13 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
31 words- HAWS 10 pts
- HWAN 10 pts
- SHAW 10 pts
- SHWA 10 pts
- WASH 10 pts
- WHIN 10 pts
- WISH 10 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- AWNS 7 pts
- HINS 7 pts
- HISN 7 pts
- HISS 7 pts
- IWIS 7 pts
- SASH 7 pts
- SAWN 7 pts
- SAWS 7 pts
- SHIN 7 pts
- SINH 7 pts
- SNAW 7 pts
- SWAN 7 pts
- WAIN 7 pts
- WANS 7 pts
- WINS 7 pts
- WISS 7 pts
- AINS 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- INIA 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
- SANS 4 pts
- SINS 4 pts
3-letter words
25 words2-letter words
12 wordsFind your best play with swainish
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes swainish, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.