Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 6 letters

auntie

Best crossword clue

"Family nickname"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈæn.ti/Part of speech nounSorted aeintuStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2U3N4T5I6E

Definitions

  1. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

Word origin

From aunt + -ie.

Used in a sentence

  • In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by "auntying" all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes.
  • More and more children are being "auntied" by women in the community who feel it is their duty as mothers to care for parentless children.
  • She had had only one unmitigated success in bending the girl to her will over the many years she'd auntied her: She had peeled the dialect right olf Lina's tongue.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Family nickname6 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

A_____

Related words