neck: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with N · ends with K
Meaning of neck
noun
The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
Example: Giraffes have long necks.
The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
Listed forms: necks.
Source: Wiktionary — neck.
verb
- slang, transitive
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
Example: Go neck yourself.
- US, informal, intransitive
To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
Example: Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
- slang, transitive
To drink or swallow rapidly.
- intransitive
To decrease in diameter.
Listed forms: necks, necking, necked.
Source: Wiktionary — neck.
noun
A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
Listed forms: necks.
Source: Wiktionary — neck.
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 neck.
noun
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
noun
an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck
- neck opening
verb
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
- make out
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is neck in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of neck
N(1) + E(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 10 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 neck
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 neck
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in neck. Showing up to 24, longest first.