access: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with A · ends with S
Meaning of access
noun
- uncountable
A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
Example: The door provides access to the premises.
- uncountable
The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
Example: They gained access to the basement from the stairs.
- uncountable
The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
Example: Staff prevent unauthorized access to the building.
- uncountable
The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
Example: ease of access
Listed forms: accesses.
Source: Wiktionary — access.
verb
- transitive
To gain or obtain access to.
- transitive
To have access to (data).
Example: I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.
Listed forms: accesses, accessing, accessed.
Source: Wiktionary — access.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for access.
noun
the right to enter
noun
a way of entering or leaving
noun
a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
- access code
noun
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- memory access
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is access in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of access
A(1) + C(3) + C(3) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of access
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from access
16 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in access. Showing up to 24, longest first.