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Is iron a Scrabble word?

Yes, iron is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of iron?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.Examples: "He studied about rocks including iron in school."; "For quotations using this term, see Citations:iron."Synonyms: ferrumuncountable

2. (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.countableuncountable

3. (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.Synonyms: clothes iron, flatiron, smoothing ironcountable

4. (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.countableplural-normallyuncountable

5. (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.Examples: "Ah, throw that old iron over here! We'll pick it up and go on our way."; "the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip"Synonyms: shooting ironcountableslanguncountable

6. (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.uncountable

adj (English)

1. (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.not-comparable

2. (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.Examples: "She had an iron will."; "He held on with an iron grip."; "an iron constitution"Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, brassboundfigurativelynot-comparable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.Examples: "You'd be wise to iron that shirt before you wear it."; "Out of that tub had come the day before - Tess felt it with a dreadful sting of remorse - the very white frock upon her back which she had so carelessly greened about the skirt on the damping grass - which had been wrung up and ironed by her mother's own hands."Synonyms: presstransitive

2. (intransitive) To engage in such pressing of clothing.Examples: "They were washing and ironing all morning."intransitive

3. (transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.Examples: "[...] is it he who is ironed like a malefactor—who is to be dragged on a hurdle to the common gallows—to die a lingering and cruel death, and to be mangled by the hand of the most outcast of wretches?"archaictransitive

4. (transitive) To furnish, clad, or arm with iron.Examples: "to iron a wagon"transitive

This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "iron"?

Scrabble
4 points
I1
R1
O1
N1
Words With Friends
5 points
I1
R1
O1
N2

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