ues

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːz/

Definition of ues

5 senses · 2 parts of speech

noun

(form-of, plural, rare)plural of u, the name of the letter U.

“WWW: three double-ues.”
“These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.”
“1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more”

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noun

(form-of, plural, rare)plural of u, the name of the letter U.

“WWW: three double-ues.”
“These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.”
“1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more”
(form-of, plural)plural of UE
(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of ues.

name

(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of UES (“Upper East Side”).
(US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Upper East Side.

“Exhibitions that have taken place at the Gallery at Hermès in New York City: 1. Lou Reed's New York photography, January 2006. […]”
“Eight Upper East Side residents, including three grandmothers, were arrested Friday for trying to stop the city from cutting down trees.”
“I went back up to the UES and wept for her.”

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