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— English words —

• frain v. (Transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To ask, inquire.
• Frain prop.n. A surname from Old French.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • frain v. Alternative form of fraynen.
• Old french
  • frain n. Bit (equipment placed in a horse’s mouth).
• Scots
  • frain v. (Transitive) to ask, ask about, ask for.
  • frain v. To enquire.
  • frain v. (Intransitive) to make inquiry.
  • frain v. To request.
• Welsh
  • frain n. Soft mutation of brain.

— In French —

• Frain n.prop. (Géographie) Commune française du département des Vosges.

29 English words from 9 English definitions

about Alternative ask ask␣for Bit brain dialectal enquire equipment for form French from horse inquire inquiry Intransitive make mouth mutation obsolete Old Old␣French placed request Soft Soft␣mutation surname Transitive

4 English words from the foreign definition

Commune département des Vosges

2 foreign words from the foreign definition

française Géographie

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

frains frained fraining

13 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

refrains refrained refrainer chamfrains refrainers refrainest refraineth refraining refrainings refrainment refrainments unrefraining infrainguinal

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Efrain refrain chamfrain

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ain AIN ain' fra Fra FRA rai Rai raï rain Rain

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

arf ARF 'arf IAR nia Nia NIA

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

infra infra- Irfan

30 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Efrain Fafnir fainer farcin farina Farina faring Farino Farion fartin' fearin' finary finray firman Firman frains Fralin fraxin friand Friant Funari gräfin infair infare infras Irfans naifer no␣fair trifan unfair

37 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

airn an␣if Arin ARIN arni fain Fain fair fiar fina Fina firn fnar Fran FRAN IFNA Iran Irân Irān Îrân Īrān naif naïf Nair NIRA NIRF Rafi rain Rain rani Rani RFNA Rian RIFA rifa- Rina RNAi

16 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

brain Brain Crain drain Drain flain fraid 'fraid frail fraim frawn Fruin grain Grain train Train

6 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

fain Fain Fran FRAN rain Rain

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Fralin fraxin

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