account: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of account
noun
A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
Example: The firm failed to file its accounts on time.
A bank account.
Example: The money was refunded to her account.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
Example: No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena.
A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
Example: Don't trouble yourself on my account.
Listed forms: accounts.
Source: Wiktionary — account.
verb
- transitive
To provide explanation. To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
Example: I'd account it a privilege to serve you.
- intransitive
To provide explanation. To consider that.
- intransitive
To provide explanation. To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
Example: An officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
- intransitive
To provide explanation. To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
Example: We must account for the use of our opportunities.
Listed forms: accounts, accounting, accounted, glossary, accountest.
Source: Wiktionary — account.
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 account.
noun
a record or narrative description of past events
noun
a short account of the news
noun
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- business relationship
noun
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is account in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of account
A(1) + C(3) + C(3) + O(1) + U(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 11 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 account
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 account
42 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in account. Showing up to 24, longest first.