Pawn

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

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts4 letters

Definition of Pawn

Noun

  1. The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.

    "All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage."

  2. An instance of pawning something.
  3. An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
  4. A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

Verb

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

Noun

  1. The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
  2. A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

    "Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War."

Noun

  1. Alternative form of paan.

Noun

  1. A gallery.<!--Chambers 1908-->

Verb

  1. Alternative form of pwn.

Anagrams of Pawn

Words You Can Make

7 words can be made from the letters in "pawn":

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

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