misturn
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- Words With Friends
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/mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/
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/mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/ · /ˈmɪstɜː(ɹ)n/
Definition of misturn
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
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verb
- (transitive)To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
- (intransitive)To go wrong; make a wrong turn.
noun
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A wrong turn.
“At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going.”
“They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.”
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Etymology
From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn.
Words you can make from misturn
97 playable · top: UNTRIMS (9 pts)
Best play untrims 9 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
36 words- MINT 6 pts
- MIRS 6 pts
- MIST 6 pts
- MUNI 6 pts
- MUNS 6 pts
- MUST 6 pts
- MUTS 6 pts
- NIMS 6 pts
- RIMS 6 pts
- RUMS 6 pts
- SMIT 6 pts
- SMUT 6 pts
- STIM 6 pts
- STUM 6 pts
- SUMI 6 pts
- TRIM 6 pts
- TUMS 6 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
- RUIN 4 pts
- RUNS 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- RUST 4 pts
- RUTS 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- STUN 4 pts
- SUIT 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
- TUNS 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
- UNIS 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
- URNS 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- ISM 5 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- MIS 5 pts
- MUN 5 pts
- MUS 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- NIM 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- SIM 5 pts
- SUM 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- UMS 5 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
12 wordsFind your best play with misturn
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