alcohol: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with A · ends with L
Meaning of alcohol
noun
- countable
Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
- colloquial, countable, uncountable
Ethanol.
- uncountable
Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Any very fine powder.
Listed forms: alcohols.
Source: Wiktionary — alcohol.
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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noun
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
- alcoholic drink
- alcoholic beverage
- intoxicant
- inebriant
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is alcohol in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of alcohol
A(1) + L(1) + C(3) + O(1) + H(4) + O(1) + L(1) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of alcohol
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from alcohol
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