puisne

puisne is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 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 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
2. adjective. Puny; petty; unskilled.
3. adjective. Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer.
4. noun. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in puisne:

pineus, supine

Common word forms

puisnes

Words from these letters

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