assign: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 7 letter points · starts with A · ends with N
Meaning of assign
verb
- transitive
To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
Example: to assign a day for trial
- transitive
To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
Example: to assign counsel for a prisoner
- transitive
To allot or give (something) as a task.
- transitive
To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
Listed forms: assigns, assigning, assigned.
Source: Wiktionary — assign.
noun
An assignee.
- obsolete
A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
- obsolete
An assignment or appointment.
- obsolete
A design or purpose.
Listed forms: assigns.
Source: Wiktionary — assign.
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 assign.
verb
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
verb
give out
verb
attribute or credit to
verb
select something or someone for a specific purpose
- specify
- set apart
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is assign in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of assign
A(1) + S(1) + S(1) + I(1) + G(2) + N(1) = 7 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 assign
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 assign
36 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in assign. Showing up to 24, longest first.