ACORN
What does "ACORN" mean?
The nut of the oak tree, set in a small woody cup.
Meanings
- The seed of an oak, a smooth oval nut held in a scaly cup-shaped base. Squirrels buried acorns all over the lawn before winter.
Did you know?
- An oak typically grows for at least 20 years before it produces its first acorn - the tiny nut is the slow tree's long-delayed promise.
Word origin
From Old English 'aecern' ('fruit of an unenclosed wood'); later wrongly reshaped to look like 'oak' + 'corn', a folk etymology that the modern spelling preserves.
Remember it
ACORN looks like 'A' + 'CORN' - a single kernel of the oak, the oak's own corn.
A little poem
A cup holds one nut-
inside the hard brown silence,
a hundred years' shade.
haiku
Wordplay
- What did the young oak tell the bully? 'Leaf me alone - you were an acorn once too.'
What it teaches
Every cathedral oak was once a thing a squirrel could carry and forget.
Quick facts
What does ACORN mean?
The nut of the oak tree, set in a small woody cup.
Is ACORN a valid word?
Yes — ACORN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ACORN?
ACORN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ACORN come from?
From Old English 'aecern' ('fruit of an unenclosed wood'); later wrongly reshaped to look like 'oak' + 'corn', a folk etymology that the modern spelling preserves.
What can ACORN teach us?
Every cathedral oak was once a thing a squirrel could carry and forget.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.