snake: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of snake
noun
Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
- figuratively
A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.
A tool for unclogging plumbing.
A tool to aid cable pulling.
Listed forms: snakes, snek.
Source: Wiktionary — snake.
verb
- intransitive
To follow or move in a winding route.
Example: The path snaked through the forest.
- Australia, slang, transitive
To steal slyly.
Example: He snaked my DVD!
- transitive
To clean using a plumbing snake.
- US, informal
To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
Listed forms: snakes, snaking, snaked, snek.
Source: Wiktionary — snake.
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 snake.
noun
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
noun
a deceitful or treacherous person
- snake in the grass
noun
a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
- plumber's snake
- auger
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is snake in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of snake
S(1) + N(1) + A(1) + K(5) + E(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of snake
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from snake
19 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in snake. Showing up to 24, longest first.