allow: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with A · ends with W
Meaning of allow
verb
- ditransitive
To let one have as a suitable share of something.
Example: to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest
- intransitive
To present something as possible or reasonable.
Example: The event allows of only one interpretation.
- catenative, transitive
To permit, to give permission to.
Example: I will allow my son to be absent.
To not bar or obstruct.
Example: Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
Listed forms: allows, allowing, allowed, glossary, allowest.
Source: Wiktionary — allow.
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 allow.
verb
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
verb
consent to, give permission; permit
verb
let have
verb
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- appropriate
- earmark
- set aside
- reserve
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is allow in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of allow
A(1) + L(1) + L(1) + O(1) + W(4) = 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 allow
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 allow
14 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in allow. Showing up to 24, longest first.