cue

cue is a 3-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
2. noun. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
3. noun. A hint or intimation.
4. noun. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
5. noun. Humor; temper of mind.
6. noun. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
7. transitive verb. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
8. noun. A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.
9. noun. sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
10. noun. a stimulus that provides information about what to do
11. noun. evidence that helps to solve a problem

    Synonyms: clew, clue

12. noun. an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
13. verb. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

    Synonyms: prompt, remind

Synonyms

clew, clue, prompt, remind

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cue:

ecu

Common word forms

cued, cues, cuing, cueing

Words from these letters

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