pwn

Plural: pwns

Verb

To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

Noun

Triumph, victory. Often exclaimed after an opponent in a video game is defeated.
An exploit in computer security, especially relating to machine code.

Examples

I pwned them in game!

Origin / Etymology

From own, possibly born out of a typographical error (the adjacency of o and p on qwerty keyboards).

Synonyms

own, pwnz0r

Scrabble Score: 8

pwn: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
pwn: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
pwn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

pwn: not valid in Words With Friends