telco

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 7
Words With Friends: 9
Letters: 5

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛlˌkəʊ/(UK)

Definition of telco

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(informal)A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom.

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Etymology

Diachronically, from tel + Co., from the collocation of Tel. Co. as seen, for example, in Bell Tel. Co. or the names of countless local telephone exchange companies (e.g., Savannah Valley Tel. Co., Mutual Tel. Co., Tarrytown Tel. Co.), by abbreviation in the late 19th through mid-20th centuries; synchronically also a clipped compound as tel(ephone) + co(mpany).

Anagrams of telco

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23 playable · top: CELT (6 pts)

Best play celt 6 points

4-letter words

5 words

3-letter words

11 words

2-letter words

6 words

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1 extension · 1 back

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TELCOS 8 pts

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