answer: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with A · ends with R
Meaning of answer
noun
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
Example: Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.
A solution to a problem.
Example: There is no simple answer to corruption.
Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
Listed forms: answers, answeare, aunswer, aunswere.
Source: Wiktionary — answer.
verb
- ambitransitive
To make a reply or response to.
Example: He answered the question.
- transitive
To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
Example: to answer a charge or accusation
- ambitransitive
To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
Example: She answered the door.
- ambitransitive
To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
Example: It answers the need.
Listed forms: answers, answering, answered, answeare, aunswer, aunswere.
Source: Wiktionary — answer.
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 answer.
noun
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
noun
a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
verb
react verbally
verb
understand the meaning 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 answer in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of answer
A(1) + N(1) + S(1) + W(4) + E(1) + R(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 answer
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 answer
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