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— English words —

• sawney n. (Countable) A fool, an idiot.
• sawney n. (UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Bacon.
• sawney adj. Foolish, stupid.
• Sawney prop.n. A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, of Scots origin.
• Sawney n. (Archaic, derogatory) A Scotsman.

21 English words from 5 English definitions

Alexander Archaic Bacon Countable derogatory diminutive fool Foolish given given␣name idiot male name obsolete origin Scots Scotsman slang stupid the uncountable

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

sawneys Sawneys

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

awn ney Ney saw Saw SAW sawn

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

NWA was Was WAs yen Yen

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

Swaney Swayne Sweany waneys Wasney

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

anywise Benways cawneys endways fawneys one-ways Sawhney sawneys Sawneys say␣when Swaneys swankey Swanley Swaynes Sweanys tawneys Tawneys Vanweys Wansley Watneys Wensday Weyands Weyants Weymans yawners yawnest

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

neway newsy Sawny sayen sewan wanes waney wanse wayes Wayes Wayne wayns weans weasy wynes Wynes yawns Yawns yeans

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

cawney fawney sarney Sawdey Sawley Tawney

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Sawny

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Sawhney

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