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Word entry · 3 letters

pen

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"Writing instrument"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted enpStarts with PEnds with N17 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. produce a literary work

Word origin

From Middle English pen, penne (“enclosure for animals”), from Old English penn (“enclosure, fold, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pin.

Used in a sentence

  • There are two steers in the third pen.
  • They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.
  • Two righties are up in the pen.

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Used as a crossword answer17 curated clues

01Writing instrument3 letters
02Small animal enclosure3 letters
03Ballpoint, for one3 letters
04Fountain writer3 letters
05Ink tool3 letters
06Ink tool for signing3 letters
07Ink writer3 letters
08Ink-writing tool3 letters
09Pig enclosure3 letters
10Place for pigs3 letters
11Signing tool3 letters
12Tool for ink writing3 letters
13Write with ink3 letters
14Writer's tool3 letters
15Writing tool with ink3 letters
16Enclosure3 letters
17Writing tool3 letters

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