issue: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of issue
noun
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
Example: The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
- figuratively
Someone or something that flows out or comes out Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
Example: The May 1918 issue of US 24-cent stamps became famous when a printer's error inverted its depiction of an airmail plane.
Listed forms: issues.
Source: Wiktionary — issue.
verb
- intransitive
To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
Example: The water issued forth from the spring.
- intransitive
To rush out, to sally forth.
Example: The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers.
- intransitive
To extend into, to open onto.
Example: The road issues into the highway.
- intransitive
To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
Listed forms: issues, issuing, issued.
Source: Wiktionary — issue.
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 issue.
noun
one of a series published periodically
noun
some situation or event that is thought about
noun
the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
noun
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- military issue
- government issue
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is issue in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of issue
I(1) + S(1) + S(1) + U(1) + E(1) = 5 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 issue
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from issue
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in issue. Showing up to 24, longest first.