Definitions for Twain

Twain twain

Spelling: [tweyn]
IPA: /tweɪn/

Twain is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in Twain (aintw).

Definitions for Twain

noun

  1. Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

adjective, noun

  1. two.

Origin of Twain

before 900; Middle English twayn orig., nominative and accusative masculine, Old English twēgen (cf. two); cognate with obsolete German zween

Examples for Twain

twain taught me that although the act of writing is solitary, the context that sustains it is social.

twain found a way forward by making friends with other young writers.

And he fared back with the twain to see the corpse, which had been laid in an apartment.

By horseback and hoof, twain takes us from the Mormon Theocracy of Utah to the wide-open craziness in the Sierra mining fields.

In 1861, the year twain went to Nevada, it had more than five thousand.

Truly, if this twain are to be judged by their voices, no two peas were ever more alike.

The innocents abroad, young man,Are frightened by you twain.

At least, I had not quarrelled with the dear twain of the Cedars.

I also love Shakespeare, without claiming to be particularly knowledgeable, and twain and all the rest.

With a sweeping flourish he slashed the paper globe in twain.

Word Value for Twain
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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