BURN — 4 letter word
burn
The word burn has 4 letters: B, U, R, N. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "an injury caused by exposure to heat, chemicals, or radiation".
4 letter word "burn": B U R N — noun
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 9
Letter analysis of burn
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of burn
noun
- an injury caused by exposure to heat, chemicals, or radiation "There's a burn on my leg that has been hurting a lot."
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire Synonyms: burning
verb
- to get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun "I burned easily in the summer." Synonyms: sunburn
- to burn with heat, fire, or radiation "The iron burnt a hole in my dress."
- to burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent "I had a wart burned off my foot." Synonyms: cauterize, cauterise
- to undergo combustion "Maple wood burns well."
- to destroy by fire "They burned the house and my diaries." Synonyms: fire, burn down
- to use up energy "You should burn off calories through vigorous exercise." Synonyms: burn off, burn up
- to create by duplicating data "I burned the mix cd with my laptop." Synonyms: cut
- to feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion "The developer was burning with anger over the code changes."
- to cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort "The sun burned their eyes." Synonyms: bite
- to feel hot or painful "My eyes are burning."
- to spend significant amounts of money "The billionaire clearly has money to burn, since we could see that the boat was made of pure gold."
- to destroy by fire at the stake "Witches were burned in Salem."
- shine intensely, as if with heat "The fire burned brightly all through the night." Synonyms: glow