whale

whale is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone. Face value is 11 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.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
2. noun. any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
3. noun. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

   Synonyms: giant, heavyweight, hulk

4. verb. hunt for whales

Synonyms

giant, heavyweight, hulk

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in whale:

halwe, wheal

Common word forms

whaled, whaler, whales, whaling

Words from these letters

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