address: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with A · ends with S
Meaning of address
noun
Direction. A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
Example: a man of pleasing or insinuating address
Direction. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
- Commonwealth
Direction. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition. A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
Direction. An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
Listed forms: addresses.
Source: Wiktionary — address.
verb
- reflexive, transitive
To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- reflexive
To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
- transitive
To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
Example: He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.
- transitive
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
Listed forms: addresses, addressing, addressed, addrest.
Source: Wiktionary — address.
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 address.
noun
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- computer address
- reference
noun
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
noun
written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
- destination
- name and address
noun
the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion
- savoir-faire
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is address in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of address
A(1) + D(2) + D(2) + R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 9 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 address
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 address
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