Pawns

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters

Definition of Pawns

noun

A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.

noun

The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
"Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War."

noun

The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
"All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage."
An instance of pawning something.
An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

verb

To pledge; to stake or wager.
To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

noun

A gallery.

verb

(originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

Anagrams of Pawns

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

28 words can be made from the letters in "pawns":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

awns naps pans pawn paws sawn snap snaw span swan swap wans waps wasp

3-LETTER WORDS

asp awn nap naw pan pas paw sap saw spa wan wap was

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "pawns" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

hock

Rhyming Words

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