Definition of WYNN

wynn

Plural: wynns

Noun

  • A letter (Ƿ, ƿ) in the Old English alphabet representing the 'W' sound.
  • A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.

Examples

  • Playing ’WYNN’ earned him a respectable score, utilizing a less common but valid word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure; runes were named using words beginning with their sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”).

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 11

wynn: valid Words With Friends Word