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   Kin·dred

   /ˈkindrəd/

   

   noun

   • 1. one's family and relations. Similar familyrelativesrelationskinfamily membersconnectionskith and kinone's own flesh and bloodclantribehouselineageinformal:folksdated:peopleformal:kinsfolkkinsmen/kinswomen
   • ▪ relationship by blood: "ties of kindred" Similar kinshipfamily tiesbeing relatedrelationshiprelatednessblood relationshipties of bloodconsanguinitycommon ancestrycommon lineage

   adjective

   • 1. similar in kind; related: "books on kindred subjects" Similar relatedalliedconnectedclosely connected/relatedcomparablesimilarlikealikeparallelassociatedcorrespondingcognateanalogousinterconnectedaffiliatedOpposite unrelated

   Word Origin Middle English: from kin + -red (from Old English rǣden ‘condition’), with insertion of -d- in the modern spelling through phonetic development (as in thunder).

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • K

     5

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

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   • R

     1

   • E

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   • D

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