What does "EMAIL" mean?
Messages sent electronically over a computer network, or the system that carries them.
Meanings
- A message, or messages collectively, sent and received over the internet. I'll send you the details by email tonight.
- The system or method of exchanging such messages. Our whole office still runs on email.
- To send a message to someone electronically. Email me the spreadsheet when it's ready.
Did you know?
- In 1971 engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first email between two networked computers and picked the @ sign to join name and machine - a once-obscure key that now anchors every address on the internet.
Word origin
A shortening of 'electronic mail', coined in the early 1980s; 'mail' itself comes from Old French 'male' (a bag or pouch for carrying letters).
Remember it
EMAIL = 'E' (electronic) + 'MAIL': mail that travels on electricity instead of in a bag.
A little poem
No stamp, no slow road-
the @ stitches name to place,
and the letter lands.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the letter feel obsolete? It heard the email arrived before it had even licked its stamp.
What it teaches
Speed multiplies messages but not meaning: a faster mailbox is still only as good as what you put in it.
Quick facts
What does EMAIL mean?
Messages sent electronically over a computer network, or the system that carries them.
Is EMAIL a valid word?
Yes — EMAIL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EMAIL?
EMAIL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EMAIL come from?
A shortening of 'electronic mail', coined in the early 1980s; 'mail' itself comes from Old French 'male' (a bag or pouch for carrying letters).
What can EMAIL teach us?
Speed multiplies messages but not meaning: a faster mailbox is still only as good as what you put in it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.