Burn
/bɜːn/
Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:9 pts4 letters
Definition of Burn
noun
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
"She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire."
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
"chili burn from eating hot peppers"
- The act of burning something with fire.
"They're doing a controlled burn of the fields."
- An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
verb
- To cause to be consumed by fire.
"He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."
- To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
"He watched the house burn."
- To overheat so as to make unusable.
"He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel."
- To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
"The grill was too hot and the steak burned."
- To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
"to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block"
Anagrams of Burn
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Burn"
Burn is a 4-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Burn" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "burn" is a low-scoring word.