Thorn
/θɔːn/
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Thorn
noun
- A sharp protective spine of a plant.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
"the cockspur thorn"
- That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
Anagrams of Thorn
Letter Values
t1
h4
o1
r1
n1
Total: 8 Scrabble points
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 "Thorn"
Thorn is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "thorn" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Thorn" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "thorn" is a low-scoring word.