heaven
The sky, specifically:
Noun 4 meanings
The sky, specifically:
The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:
The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically
The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically:
Etymology
From a wide variety of Middle English forms including hevene, heven, hevin, and hewin (“heaven, sky”), from Old English heofon, heofone (“heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hebn (“heaven, sky”), of uncertain origin.
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HEAVEN at a glance
HEAVEN has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + V 4 + E 1 + N 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,525 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with heaven
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- HEAVED13
- LEAVEN9
- HEAVES12
- HEAVER12
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