name

VERBNOUN /neɪm/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH N

name is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
N1A1M3E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING

What does name mean?

VERB · 9 SENSES
1

Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.

“They named their son David”

“The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader”

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2

Make reference to.

“His name was mentioned in connection with the invention”

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3

Create and charge with a task or function.

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4

Mention and identify by name.

“name your accomplices!”

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5

Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.

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6

Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.

“Many senators were named in connection with the scandal”

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7

Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.

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8

Charge with a function; charge to be.

“She was named Head of the Committee”

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9

Identify as in botany or biology, for example.

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NOUN · 6 SENSES
1

A language unit by which a person or thing is known.

“his name really is George Washington”

“those are two names for the same thing”

2

A person's reputation.

“he wanted to protect his good name”

3

By the sanction or authority of.

“halt in the name of the law”

BROADER
4

Family based on male descent.

“he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name”

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5

A defamatory or abusive word or phrase.

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6

A well-known or notable person.

“they studied all the great names in the history of France”

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of name

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS

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