Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 5 letters

nymph

Best crossword clue

"Nature goddess"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈnɪmf/Part of speech nounSorted hmnpyStarts with NEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
1N2Y3M4P5H

Definitions

  1. a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)

Word origin

From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha.

Used in a sentence

  • Kuster meanwhile nymphed the middle of the Snag. When I joined him, I threw my streamer between the main channel's flow and the skinnier side-channel flow, […]

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Nature goddess5 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

N____

Related words