Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 4 letters

corn

Best crossword clue

"Cob kernels"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɔːn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cnorStarts with CEnds with N10 cluesVery common crossword word
1C2O3R4N

Definitions

  1. preserve with large-grained rock salt

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”).

Used in a sentence

  • And hee ſaid, Beholde, I haue heard that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thither and buy for vs from thence, that we may liue, and not die.
  • Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn.
  • I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn, including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues

01Cob kernels4 letters
02Food on a cob4 letters
03Grain on a cob4 letters
04Kernel crop4 letters
05Maize4 letters
06Yellow cob crop4 letters
07Yellow crop on cobs4 letters
08Yellow kernels4 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

C___

Related words