New
/njʉː/
noun
adjective
- Recently made, or created.
"This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album."
- Additional; recently discovered.
"We turned up some new evidence from the old files."
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
"My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then."
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
"New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street."
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
"Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?"
adverb
- Newly (especially in composition).
"new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown"
- As new; from scratch.
"They are scraping the site clean to build new."
verb
- To create (an object) by calling its constructor.
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "New"
New is a 3-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "new" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "New" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "new" is a low-scoring word.