preen

preen is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
2. noun. To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
3. noun. To trim up, as trees.
4. verb. dress or groom with elaborate care

   "She likes to dress when going to the opera"

   Synonyms: dress, plume, primp

5. verb. pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

   Synonyms: congratulate

6. verb. clean with one's bill

   "The birds preened"

   Synonyms: plume

Synonyms

dress, plume, primp, congratulate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in preen:

neper, repen

Common word forms

preens, preened, preener, preening, preenable

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for PREEN lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.