ace
A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
Noun 4 meanings
A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
Verb 4 meanings
To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
To make an ace (hole in one).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as.
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ACE at a glance
ACE has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (A 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,833 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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