Dictionary Entry
penultimate
penultimate is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
- 2noun
The penult.
- 3noun
the next to last syllable in a word
- 4adjective
next to the last
"the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"
"the figures in the next-to-last column"
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