uncle: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with U · ends with E
Meaning of uncle
noun
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
The male cousin of one’s parent.
- endearing
Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
- euphemistic
Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
Listed forms: uncles.
Source: Wiktionary — uncle.
intj
- US, colloquial
A cry used to indicate surrender.
Source: Wiktionary — uncle.
verb
- colloquial, transitive
To address somebody by the term uncle.
- colloquial, intransitive
To act like, or as, an uncle.
Listed forms: uncles, uncling, uncled.
Source: Wiktionary — uncle.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is uncle in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of uncle
U(1) + N(1) + C(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of uncle
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 uncle
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in uncle. Showing up to 24, longest first.