LORN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LORN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LORN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LORN
No single letter turns LORN into another word.
How LORN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does LORN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Forsaken, abandoned or left desolate; forlorn and lonely.
Lorn describes someone or something left behind and bereft of company or comfort. It survives mainly in older or literary writing and in the compound forlorn, which was originally formed from the same word.
How LORN is used
Archaic and literary; rarely used outside older texts or deliberately old-fashioned writing.
- The lorn widow sat alone by the cold hearth.
- He wandered the moor, lorn and without hope of return.
- The poem describes a lorn traveller far from home.
- She felt utterly lorn after the last of her friends had left.
- The old ballad tells of a lorn maiden waiting by the shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LORN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LORN
4 longer words begin with LORN.
Words ending in LORN
3 words end in LORN. Useful as a back hook: play LORN onto a word already on the board.
Words with LORN inside
8 words contain LORN in the middle. Words that start with LORN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LORN
Common questions about LORN
- Is LORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LORN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LORN worth?
- LORN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LORN mean?
- Forsaken, abandoned or left desolate; forlorn and lonely.
- What letters can be added to LORN?
- No single letter can be added to LORN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LORN:
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