tawney
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of tawney
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A surname from Norman.
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name
- A surname from Norman.
noun
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(alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Obsolete form of tawny.
“Why increase the sons of Africa, by planting them in America, where we have so fair an opportunity, by excluding all Blacks and Tawneys, of increasing the lovely White and Red?”
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Etymology
Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the villages of Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney and Saint-Jean-du-Thenney, both in Normandy.
Words you can make from tawney
70 playable · top: TAWNY (11 pts)
Best play tawny 11 points5-letter words
2 words4-letter words
17 words3-letter words
35 words- WAY 9 pts
- WYE 9 pts
- WYN 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YEW 9 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TEW 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WET 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
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