Dictionary Entry
orphanage
orphanage is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
- 2noun
An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
- 3noun
a public institution for the care of orphans
- 4noun
the condition of being a child without living parents
"his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"
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