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Word entry · 4 letters

else

Best crossword clue

"Otherwise; another"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɛls/Sorted eelsStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Other, additional, or in a different way.

Word origin

From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”).

Used in a sentence

  • The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?
  • Whatever else she may be, she is not a surgeon.
  • When all else fails, read the instructions.

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