adapt: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of adapt
verb
- transitive
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- transitive
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
Example: to adapt a story for the stage
- transitive
To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
Example: to bring out a play adapted from the French
- intransitive
To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
Example: They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
Listed forms: adapts, adapting, adapted.
Source: Wiktionary — adapt.
adj
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
Source: Wiktionary — adapt.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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verb
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
verb
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is adapt in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of adapt
A(1) + D(2) + A(1) + P(3) + T(1) = 8 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 adapt
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from adapt
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