new: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with N · ends with W
Meaning of new
adj
Recently made, or created.
Example: This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.
Recently made, or created. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
Example: I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
Additional; recently discovered.
Example: We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
Current or later, as opposed to former.
Example: My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.
Listed forms: newer, newest, noo, nu, newe.
Source: Wiktionary — new.
adv
Synonym of newly, especially in composition.
As new; from scratch.
Example: They are scraping the site clean to build new.
Listed forms: noo, nu, newe.
Source: Wiktionary — new.
noun
- countable, invariable, plural, plural-only, uncountable
Things that are new.
Example: Out with the old, in with the new.
- Australia, uncountable
A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
- UK, countable, slang
A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
Listed forms: news, noo, nu, newe.
Source: Wiktionary — new.
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 new.
adjective
original and of a kind not seen before
adjective
lacking training or experience
adjective
having no previous example or precedent or parallel
adjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is new in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of new
N(1) + E(1) + W(4) = 6 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 new
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from new
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in new. Showing up to 24, longest first.