Definitions for Wren

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IPA: /rɛn/

Wren is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in Wren (enrw).

Definitions for Wren

noun

1. any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail. Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
2. any of various similar, unrelated birds, especially any of several Old World warblers.
3. a member of the Wrens.
4. Sir Christopher, 1632–1723, English architect.
5. Percival Christopher, 1885–1941, English novelist.

Origin of Wren

before 900; Middle English wrenn(e), Old English wrenna, obscurely akin to Old High German wrendilo, Old Norse rindill

Examples for Wren

It was their first day at wren's End, and the weather was kind.

As an example, on the street yesterday I found a Winter wren.

The wren, after satisfying its animosity, returned to the beam.

With every breath, wren made a cooing noise, but Jones looked online and saw that lots of newborns make funny sounds.

Vaguely she stared round the room, the most charming room in wren's End.

"I like to think of the children at wren's End," Fay said dreamily.

Their son, wren, was born on March 9, 2010, shortly after noon.

If they express a wish to see the children I'll ask them to wren's End.

No one could see anything odd in his calling at wren's End to see William.

Then quite silently he took his way out of the wren's End garden.