queen
The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
Noun 4 meanings
The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
“The divorced king was looking for a new queen.”
A female monarch.
A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.
Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.
Verb 4 meanings
To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.
To promote a pawn to a queen.
To be the queen bee of a colony.
To provide with a new queen bee.
Etymology
From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”).
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QUEEN at a glance
QUEEN has 5 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (Q 10 + U 1 + E 1 + E 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,424 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with queen
All rhymesOne letter away
- QUEER14
- QUERN14
- QUEAN14
- QUEYN17
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