Dictionary Entry
kernel
kernel is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.
- 2noun
A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
- 3noun
A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
- 4noun
The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
- 5intransitive verb
To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
- 6noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
- 7noun
a single whole grain of a cereal
"a kernel of corn"
- 8noun
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
"black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"
Synonyms
Synonyms
Common word forms
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for KERNEL lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.