now: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with N · ends with W
Meaning of now
adj
- not-comparable
Present; current.
- informal, not-comparable
Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
Example: I think this band's sound is very now.
Listed forms: noo.
Source: Wiktionary — now.
adv
- not-comparable
At the present time.
Example: Now I am six.
- not-comparable
Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
Example: Now, we all want what is best for our children.
- not-comparable
Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Example: Now I am ready.
- not-comparable
At the time reached within a narration.
Example: Now he remembered why he had come.
Listed forms: noo.
Source: Wiktionary — now.
conj
- often
Since, because, in light of the fact.
Example: Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.
Listed forms: noo.
Source: Wiktionary — now.
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 now.
adverb
in these times
adverb
at the present moment
- at present
adverb
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- immediately
- instantly
- straightaway
- straight off
- directly
- right away
- at once
- forthwith
- like a shot
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is now in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of now
N(1) + O(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 now
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from now
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in now. Showing up to 24, longest first.