inn

Meanings

Plural: inns

Noun

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
A tavern.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

Verb

To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.
To lodge or house (someone or something).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

Synonyms

alehouse, auberge, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, local, lodge, lodging, lodging house, nineteenth hole, pot-house, pub, public house, rummery, saloon, tavern, watering hole

Scrabble Score: 3

inn is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
inn is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inn is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

inn is a valid Words With Friends word