Codeine

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

An opium-derived alkaloid used medically to relieve coughing and to treat mild to moderate pain.

“The doctor prescribed a cough linctus containing codeine to help him sleep through the night.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈkəʊ.diːn/

Syllables

co·deine

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Synonyms

opiateanalgesicnarcotic

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Wordle

Four vowels (O, E, I, E) packed into this word make it a strong early Wordle guess for vowel mapping

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Scrabble

Worth 10 points and the repeated E tiles limit Scrabble value but the word is broad in vowels

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Words you can make from Codeine

Shorter words formed from the letters in “codeine”.

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