afford: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with A · ends with D
Meaning of afford
verb
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
Example: I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
Example: A good life affords consolation in old age.
- obsolete
To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
Example: Alfred affords his goods cheaper than Bantock.
- rare
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
Example: Grapes afford wine. Olives afford oil. The earth affords fruit. The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
Listed forms: affords, affording, afforded, afoord, affoord, affoard, affowrd.
Source: Wiktionary — afford.
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
be the cause or source of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is afford in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of afford
A(1) + F(4) + F(4) + O(1) + R(1) + D(2) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of afford
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from afford
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