Dictionary Entry
neo
neo is a 3-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 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 3 · Words With Friends 4 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1
A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.
- 2adjective
(used as a combining form) recent or new
"`neo' is a combining form in words like `neocolonialism'"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in neo:
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for NEO lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.