sojourn

Plural: sojourns

Noun

a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
A short stay somewhere.
A temporary residence.

Verb

Verb Forms: sojourned, sojourning, sojourns

To stay somewhere temporarily; to reside briefly.
spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

Examples

His ’SOJOURN’ in the lead was brief, quickly surpassed by his opponent’s bingo.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

Synonyms

visit, abode, keep, lodge, peregrination, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop off, stop over, tarry

Scrabble Score: 14

sojourn: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sojourn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sojourn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

sojourn: valid Words With Friends Word