sole
Only.
Adjective 4 meanings
Only.
Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
Unique; unsurpassed.
“The sole brilliance of this gem.”
With independent power; unfettered.
“A sole authority.”
Noun 4 meanings
The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
The bottom of a shoe or boot.
Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
Verb 1 meaning
To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.
Etymology
From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.
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SOLE at a glance
SOLE has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,329 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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