Definitions for sextain

sextain sex·tain

Spelling: [sek-steyn]
IPA: /ˈsɛk steɪn/

Sextain is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in sextain (aeinstx).

Definitions for sextain

noun

  1. a stanza of six lines.
  2. sestina.

Origin of sextain

1630-40; blend of two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina

Examples for sextain

Besides this original form of the sextain several other varieties are met with in English poetry.

Some other sub-varieties of the sextain have rhyming final words in each stanza.

Word Value for sextain
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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