Definitions for twains

twains twain

Spelling: [tweyn]
IPA: /tweɪn/

Twains is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in twains (ainstw).

Definitions for twains

noun

  1. Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

adjective, noun

  1. two.

Origin of twains

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

Examples for twains

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for twains
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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