appearance: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 16 letter points · starts with A · ends with E
Meaning of appearance
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
Example: His sudden appearance surprised me.
- countable, uncountable
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
Example: There was a strange appearance in the sky.
- countable, uncountable
The way something looks; personal presence
- countable, uncountable
Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
Example: Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.
Listed forms: appearances, appearaunce.
Source: Wiktionary — appearance.
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 appearance.
noun
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- visual aspect
noun
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
- appearing
- coming into court
noun
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is appearance in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of appearance
A(1) + P(3) + P(3) + E(1) + A(1) + R(1) + A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 16 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 appearance
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 appearance
116 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in appearance. Showing up to 24, longest first.