Nephews

What it means

1. (noun) A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
2. (noun) A son of one's child.

Letter analysis

• Nephews contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 15.

Sub-words

• nephew
• penes
• sheen
• sheep
• sweep
• weeps
• whens
• ewes
• hens
• hewn
• hews
• news
• pees
• pens
• pews
• pwns
• seen
• seep
• sewn
• spew
• weep
• wees
• wens
• when
• esp
• ewe
• hen
• hep
• hes
• hew
• new
• pee
• pen
• pew
• pwn
• see
• sew
• she
• wee
• wen

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Other 7-letter words

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• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with NEP

• nephew
• nephritis
• nepotism
• neptunium

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Words ending with EWS

• brews
• cashews
• chews
• clews
• corkscrews
• crews
• curfews
• curlews
• eschews
• hews
• honeydews
• interviews
• mews
• mildews
• news
• overviews
• pews
• previews

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