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Is cue a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cue is a Scrabble US word. The word cue is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is cue a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cue is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

C3U1E1

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Yes. The word cue is a Words With Friends word. The word cue is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

CUE,ECU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 3 words from cue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of cue

cue uce ceu ecu uec euc

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Definitions and meaning of cue

cue

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjuː/, [kj̊ʉː], (rare) [cj̊uː], /kɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophone: queue

Etymology 1

Form of Latin qū. First attested as Middle English cu for half a farthing, as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”). Compare French qu.

Alternative forms

  • kue, kew, que

The Oxford English Dictionary lists obsolete forms cu (15th century) and qu (pl. ques), que, kue, kewe (16th century), with the current form cue dating from the 16th century. Webster's Third New International Dictionary lists cue (pl. cues), kue (pl. kues) and ku (pl. kus) as current. There is also a form kew in recent use, and que continues to be used.

Noun

cue (plural cues)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.
  2. (obsolete, UK, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.
Derived terms
  • mind one's pees and cues
Translations
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  • (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 2

From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quandō (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.

Noun

cue (plural cues)

  1. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
  2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
  3. (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
  4. A hint or intimation.
  5. (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
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Verb

cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued)

  1. To give someone a cue signal.
    Cue the cameraman, and action!
  2. (by extension) To spark or provoke.
Usage notes

This is often used in the imperative.

Etymology 3

Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

Noun

cue (plural cues)

  1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
  2. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
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Verb

cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued)

  1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
  2. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Synonyms
  • cue up

References

See also

Further reading

  • “cue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “cue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • ECU, Ecu., UCE, ecu, écu

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʷɛ/

Interjection

cue

  1. (mild exclamation)

Ik

Noun

cue

  1. water; liquid

Further reading

  • Terrill Schrock, On whether 'Dorobo' was a fourth Kuliak language, in Studies in African Linguistics, volume 44, number 1 (2015) (gives pronunciation: [tʃūe̥])
  • Terrill Schrock, The Ik Language (2017)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • coe
  • queue

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɛ/

Noun

cue oblique singular, f (oblique plural cues, nominative singular cue, nominative plural cues)

  1. tail (of an animal)

Descendants

  • Middle French: queu, cueue
    • French: queue
    • English: queue, cue (partly through Anglo-Norman)

References

  • cowe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Source: wiktionary.org