ear: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 3 letter points · starts with E · ends with R
Meaning of ear
noun
- countable
The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- countable
The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- countable, slang
A police informant.
The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
Example: a good ear for music
Listed forms: ears, ere, eare.
Source: Wiktionary — ear.
verb
- humorous, transitive
To take in with the ears; to hear.
- transitive
To hold by the ears.
Listed forms: ears, earing, eared, eare.
Source: Wiktionary — ear.
noun
- countable
The fruiting body of a grain plant.
Example: He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.
Listed forms: ears.
Source: Wiktionary — ear.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ear.
noun
the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
noun
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ear in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ear
E(1) + A(1) + R(1) = 3 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ear
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from ear
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ear. Showing up to 24, longest first.