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   Or·phan

   /ˈôrf(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a child whose parents are dead: "he was left an orphan as a small boy"
   • 2. the first line of a paragraph set as the last line of a page or column, considered undesirable.

   verb

   • 1. make (a person or animal) an orphan: "John was orphaned at 12"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. orphanhood noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • P

     3

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

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