apple: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with A · ends with E
Meaning of apple
noun
A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.
A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1).
Example: custard apple rose apple thorn apple
A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour.
- informal
A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. The round, fleshy part of a cheek between the eye and the corner of the mouth when a person is smiling.
Listed forms: apples.
Source: Wiktionary — apple.
verb
- transitive
To make (something) appear like an apple (noun sense 1.1).
- intransitive
To become like an apple.
- dialectal, intransitive
Of a flower bud or vegetable (especially a root vegetable): to grow into the shape of an apple.
- UK, dialectal, intransitive, rare
To collect fir-cones.
Listed forms: apples, appling, appled.
Source: Wiktionary — apple.
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 apple.
noun
native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
- orchard apple tree
- Malus pumila
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is apple 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 apple
A(1) + P(3) + P(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of apple
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from apple
20 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in apple. Showing up to 24, longest first.