queen




queen - noun

  • the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
  • a female sovereign ruler
  • the wife or widow of a king
  • something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
  • a competitor who holds a preeminent position
  • one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
  • (chess) the most powerful piece
  • an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
  • female cat

  • queen - verb

    • promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
    • become a queen

    queen - thesaurus

    king   tabby  


    View spelling list ee words - set 1 and learn about the word queen in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

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    Scrabble score for queen

    q is 10 u is 1 e is 1 e is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 14

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