origin
NOUN
/ɔrɪdʒɪn/
6 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O
origin is a valid 6-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1R1I1G2I1N1
1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does origin mean?
NOUN · 6 SENSES
1
The descendants of one individual.
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2
The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
“Jupiter was the origin of the radiation”
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3
Properties attributable to your ancestry.
“he comes from good origins”
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4
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events.
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5
The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero.
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6
The source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived.
“the rumor had its origin in idle gossip”
“vegetable origins”
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