appear: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with A · ends with R
Meaning of appear
verb
- intransitive
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
- intransitive
To come before the public.
Example: A great writer appeared at that time.
- intransitive
To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
- intransitive
To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
Listed forms: appears, appearing, appeared, glossary, appearest.
Source: Wiktionary — appear.
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 appear.
verb
give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
verb
be issued or published
- come out
verb
(of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
verb
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- come along
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is appear in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of appear
A(1) + P(3) + P(3) + E(1) + A(1) + R(1) = 10 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 appear
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 appear
31 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in appear. Showing up to 24, longest first.