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Word entry · 3 letters

pen

Best crossword clue

"Writing instrument"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted enpStarts with PEnds with N12 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 answer12 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

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