Definitions For Frounce
Verb
frounc (rare, ambitransitive) To curl. (rare) To crease, wrinkle, to frown. To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.Translations
to curl, curl to crease, wrinkle, frownNoun
FROUNCE (plural FROUNCEs) A canker in the mouth of a hawk. A plait or curl.Translations
Finnish: trikomonoosiEtymology
From Middle English frouncen, from {{der, en, fro, froncir}} "to wrinkle, frown", from {{der, en, frk, hrunkja, t=a wrinkle}}, from {{der, en, gem-pro, *hrunkijō}}, *hrunkitō, , fold, wrinkle, from {{der, enm, ine-pro, *(s)ker-, , to turn, bend}}. Akin to {{cog, goh, runza}} "fold, wrinkle, crease" ({{cog, de, Runzel}} "wrinkle"), {{cog, dum, ronse, }} "frown", {{cog, non, hrukka}} "wrinkle, crease" ({{cog, is, hrukka}} "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck#etymology_2, ruck2.Anagrams
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Words With Friends
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Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15
The word Frounce is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends