twin: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with T · ends with N
Meaning of twin
noun
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
Example: twin girls, twin daughters, twin sisters, twin boys, twin sons, twin brothers, twin babies, twin children
- broadly
Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc.
Example: Your idea is the twin of mine.
- broadly, figuratively
Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc. Either of two or more things, people, etc. that share a single feature.
Example: He is my twin (wearing the same shirt, driving the same car, etc.).
- broadly, slang
Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc. A friendly term of address, typically for men.
Example: Yo, twin, lemme rap at ya.
Listed forms: twins, twynne.
Source: Wiktionary — twin.
verb
- transitive
To separate, divide.
- intransitive
To split, part; to go away, depart.
- passive, usually
To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.
Example: Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.
- intransitive
To give birth to twins.
Listed forms: twins, twinning, twinned, twynne.
Source: Wiktionary — twin.
adj
- not-comparable
Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.
Example: twin beds, twin socks
- not-comparable
Forming a pair of twins.
Example: the twin boys
Listed forms: twynne.
Source: Wiktionary — twin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for twin.
adjective
being two identical
noun
a duplicate copy
verb
duplicate or match
verb
bring two objects, ideas, or people together
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of twin
T(1) + W(4) + I(1) + N(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of twin
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from twin
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in twin. Showing up to 24, longest first.