6 Letters
3 Consonants
3 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use famine as a noun in a sentence.
About Famine
A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters a, e, f, i, m, and n, 3 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters mi. Famine starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters f, fa, fam, fami, famin, and the ending characters are e, ne, ine, mine, amine, ..
Definition
A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Origin/Roots
French
School Grade
Famine is set as a sat word that starts with f, ends with e, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 6 letters.
Scrabble
Is famine a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Famine in Pig Latin is said as "aminefay or aminefway".
Unigram
f | a | m | i | n | e
Bigram
fa | am | mi | in | ne
Trigram
fam | ami | min | ine
Quadrigram
fami | amin | mine
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
an acute insufficiency

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Famine"

There are 74 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to famine.

SynonymDefinition
Absencefailure to be present
Antisepsisthe process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
Ariditya condition yielding nothing of value
Asepsisthe process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
Barrennessa condition yielding nothing of value
Beggarya solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Begginga solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Birth Control
Birth Prevention
Contraceptionbirth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from famine.

Anagram Definition
Faminea severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

View English words with the unique letters used in famine. Words With The Letters Aefimn

Hypernyms

Famine has 5 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Calamityan event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"
Cataclysman event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"
Catastrophean event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"
Disasteran act that has disastrous consequences
Tragedydrama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance
excites terror or pity

Hyponyms

There are 4 hyponyms for famine

Word Definition
The Great Calamity
The Great Hunger
The Great Starvation
The Irish Famine

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word famine.

Is famine a scrabble word or can you use famine in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 51100 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 81057 games. This 6 letter 11 point scrabble word can be rearranged 720 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, e, f, i, m, and n? There's 4 with 8 letters or less with the letters a, e, f, i, m, and n. Here is a list of 4 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Fireman (7 letters) 12 +1 14 +1 fireman
Manifest (8 letters) 13 +2 15 +2 manifest
Famine (6 letters) 11 13 famine
Frame In (8 letters)





     

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