Definitions for Auburn

Auburn au·burn

Spelling: [aw-bern]
IPA: /ˈɔ bərn/

Auburn is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in Auburn (abnruu).

Definitions for Auburn

noun

  1. a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.
  2. a city in central New York: state prison.
  3. a city in E Alabama.
  4. a city in W central Washington.
  5. a city in SW Maine, on the Androscoggin River.
  6. a city in central Massachusetts.

adjective

  1. having auburn color:

Origin of Auburn

1400-50; late Middle English abo(u)rne blond Middle French, Old French auborne, alborne Latin alburnus whitish. See alburnum

Examples for Auburn

This was of gold—not red, not auburn, not flaxen, but pure and living gold.

She was a slim girl, with a lot of auburn hair which was docked.

You would have said that every auburn hair of the general's head and beard was a vital thing.

Flame-colour is a mixture of auburn and dun; dun of white and black; yellow of white and auburn.

Last spring, Ellie Claxton, a 19-year-old freshman at auburn University, entered a contest.

After serving six years in the CIA, he is now retired and lives in auburn, Alabama.

They deserve their outing, auburn Police Chief Phillip Crowell told The Daily Beast.

The kick was predictably short, and auburn unpredictably returned it for a touchdown.

There were two gold-plated and two rubber ones of an auburn hue.

McCarron was regarded by many as a prime candidate for the Heisman until the loss to auburn.

Word Value for Auburn
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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