nose: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with N · ends with E
Meaning of nose
noun
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
Example: She had a small nose between two sparkling blue eyes.
A snout, the nose of an animal.
The tip of an object.
Example: the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
Listed forms: noses.
Source: Wiktionary — nose.
verb
- intransitive
To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
Example: The ship nosed through the minefield.
- also, ambitransitive, idiomatic, intransitive
To snoop.
Example: She was nosing around other people’s business.
- transitive
To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- transitive
To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
Listed forms: noses, nosing, nosed.
Source: Wiktionary — nose.
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 nose.
noun
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- olfactory organ
noun
a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
verb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
verb
catch the scent of; get wind of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is nose in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of nose
N(1) + O(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 4 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 nose
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from nose
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in nose. Showing up to 24, longest first.