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Pawns

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters
Definition of Pawns

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  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. A gallery.

verb

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

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "pawns":

spawn

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+rprawns
+sspawns
Related Word Patterns
PA...Words starting with "pa"...NSWords ending with "ns"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "pawns"
Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

hock
Letter Values
p3
a1
w4
n1
s1

Total: 10 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Pawns
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Related 5-Letter Words
pacaspacedpacerpacespaceypachapackspactspaddypadispadlepadrepadripaeanpaeon

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 "Pawns"

Pawns is a 5-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "pawns" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Pawns" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "pawns" is a medium-scoring word.