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Is corn a Scrabble word?

Yes, corn is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
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What is the meaning of corn?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.Examples: "And hee ſaid, Beholde, I haue heard that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thither and buy for vs from thence, that we may liue, and not die."; "Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn."; "Moreover, however much the individual manufacturer might give the rein to his old lust for gain, the spokesmen and political leaders of the manufacturing class ordered a change of front and of speech towards the workpeople. They had entered upon the contest for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and needed the workers to help them to victory. They promised, therefore, not only a double-sized loaf of bread, but the enactment of the Ten Hours' Bill in the Free Trade millenium."Commonwealthuncountableusually

2. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.Examples: "The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it."; "Corn was the staff of life for many Indian people before contact, and it became the staff of life for many European colonists. Corn was higher in nutrition than most other grain crops. John Lawson, who travelled in South Carolina and into the interior Indian country in 1701, was one of the many colonists who sang the praises of corn."Synonyms: sweet corn, Indian cornAustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUSuncountableusually

3. (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.Synonyms: corn snowuncountableusually

4. (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms.Examples: "R.I.P Scumpy ah you did say Popcaan And if a boy diss we clap corn."; "We got spinners and dotties We got .40s and MACs We got nuff live corn […] See the four-door pausing Skengs out, everyone runnin But the corn just slapped and floored em 50 shots in that mop"JamaicaMulticultural-London-Englishslanguncountableusually

5. (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) Money.Examples: "You know dem have wedge while we have corn. Say Cockney say be first, my son! We just say Gwan!"Jamaicaslanguncountableusually

verb (English)

1. (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.Examples: "to corn gunpowder"CanadaUStransitive

2. (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.CanadaUStransitive

3. (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.Examples: "Corn the horses."CanadaUStransitive

4. (transitive, obsolete) To render intoxicated.Examples: "ale strong enough to corn one"obsoletetransitive

5. (Jamaica, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).Examples: "Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?"JamaicaMulticultural-London-Englishslangtransitive

noun (English)

1. (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.transitive

2. (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.transitive

noun (English)

1. (US, Canada) Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.Examples: "He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there."; "There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn, but the audience didn't mind."; "The bulk of this humor was pure corn, but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way."CanadaUStransitiveuncountable

noun (English)

1. (Internet, euphemistic) pornography; pornInterneteuphemistictransitiveuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "corn"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "corn"?

Scrabble
6 points
C3
O1
R1
N1
Words With Friends
8 points
C4
O1
R1
N2

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