orphan is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
orphan orphans
    A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
    A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
    A young animal with no mother.

Adjective (NOT COMPARABLE)

Not comparable
    Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
    • She is an orphan child.
    (by extension figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
    • With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
orphan orphans orphaning orphaned orphaned
    (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
    • What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?
    (transitive computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
    • When you removed that image tag, you orphaned the resized icon.

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orphan is a Scrabble valid word

orphan


orphan is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

orphan


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