kingless
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- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ˈkɪŋləs/
Definition of kingless
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Without a king.
“1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Foresters, Act IV, Scene 1, in The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, edited by William J. Rolfe, Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1892, p. 139, https://archive.org/details/workstennyson12tenn I have been away from England all these years, / Heading the holy war against the Moslem, / While thou and others in our kingless realms / Were fighting underhand unholy wars / Against your lawful King.”
“Now that Charles I had been beheaded, Cromwell wanted a guarantee from the States General not only that they would never countenance any kind of support for a Stuart restoration in England, but also that no Prince of Orange (married into the British dynasty) would ever again become Stadholder and thus be in a position to threaten a kingless Britain.”
“Indeed, Graber, a former software engineer, seems most energized when she’s talking about the unique infrastructure for her kingless world.”
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kingles; by surface analysis, king + -less.
Words you can make from kingless
139 playable · top: INKLESS (11 pts)
Best play inkless 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
32 words- EKING 10 pts
- GINKS 10 pts
- KINGS 10 pts
- KLIEG 10 pts
- SKEGS 10 pts
- INKLE 9 pts
- KILNS 9 pts
- KINES 9 pts
- LIKEN 9 pts
- LIKES 9 pts
- LINKS 9 pts
- SIKES 9 pts
- SILKS 9 pts
- SINKS 9 pts
- SKEIN 9 pts
- SKIES 9 pts
- SKINS 9 pts
- SLINK 9 pts
- GLENS 6 pts
- INGLE 6 pts
- LINGS 6 pts
- SEGNI 6 pts
- SENGI 6 pts
- SIGNS 6 pts
- SINGE 6 pts
- SINGS 6 pts
- SLING 6 pts
- ISLES 5 pts
- LENIS 5 pts
- LIENS 5 pts
- LINES 5 pts
- SINES 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- GINK 9 pts
- KEGS 9 pts
- KING 9 pts
- SKEG 9 pts
- ELKS 8 pts
- ILKS 8 pts
- INKS 8 pts
- KENS 8 pts
- KILN 8 pts
- KINE 8 pts
- KINS 8 pts
- KISS 8 pts
- LEKS 8 pts
- LIKE 8 pts
- LINK 8 pts
- SIKE 8 pts
- SILK 8 pts
- SINK 8 pts
- SKIN 8 pts
- SKIS 8 pts
- EGIS 5 pts
- ENGS 5 pts
- GELS 5 pts
- GENS 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GINS 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- LEGS 5 pts
- LING 5 pts
- NEGS 5 pts
- SEGS 5 pts
- SIGN 5 pts
- SIGS 5 pts
- SING 5 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LESS 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINS 4 pts
- NESS 4 pts
- NILS 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SELS 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SINS 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- KEG 8 pts
- ELK 7 pts
- ILK 7 pts
- INK 7 pts
- KEN 7 pts
- KIN 7 pts
- KIS 7 pts
- LEK 7 pts
- SKI 7 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- ESS 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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