blood: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with B · ends with D
Meaning of blood
noun
- countable, uncountable
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
Example: Some insects are known for consuming blood.
- countable, uncountable
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
- uncountable
A person or people related to one by birth; one's biological relative or relatives.
Example: She may not be my blood, but we grew up together, and as far as I'm concerned she's my sister.
- countable, uncountable
The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
Listed forms: bloods, bloud, bloode.
Source: Wiktionary — blood.
verb
- transitive
To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- transitive
To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
- historical
To let blood (from); to bleed.
- obsolete, transitive
To make eager for bloodshed or combat; to incite or enrage against.
Listed forms: bloods, blooding, blooded, bloud, bloode.
Source: Wiktionary — blood.
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 blood.
noun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
noun
the hereditary derivation of an individual
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is blood in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of blood
B(3) + L(1) + O(1) + O(1) + D(2) = 8 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 blood
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 blood
14 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in blood. Showing up to 24, longest first.