What does ASSIGN mean?

Pronunciation
/əˈsaɪn/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
7
Words With Friends score
9
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

verb

  1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  2. give out“We were assigned new uniforms”
  3. attribute or credit to“We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”
  4. select something or someone for a specific purpose“The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise”
  5. attribute or give“She put too much emphasis on her the last statement”
  6. make undue claims to having
  7. transfer one's right to
  8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme“The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

assigns8

Anagrams of ASSIGN

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside ASSIGN

39 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

gains6signs6sings6snags6gain5 sang5 sans4sign5 sing5 sins4snag5ain3ais3ani3gan4gas4 gin4 ins3nag4sag4sin3 sis3 ag3ai2 an2as2 in2 is2na2si2

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Questions

Is ASSIGN a valid word in word games?

ASSIGN is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is ASSIGN worth?

ASSIGN is worth 7 points with Scrabble letter values and 9 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from ASSIGN?

39 other words, including IN, IS, AS and AN.