boat: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with B · ends with T
Meaning of boat
noun
Vessel for travelling by water. A small, usually open craft used for travelling over water, propelled by oars, motor or wind. Usually contrasted with "ship".
Example: We can't get everything in the boat. We'll leave this stuff behind.
Vessel for travelling by water. A submarine.
- colloquial
Vessel for travelling by water. A large, ocean-going ship.
A shallow jug used to serve sauces or other liquid foods.
Example: a stone boat; a gravy boat
Listed forms: boats.
Source: Wiktionary — boat.
verb
- intransitive
To travel by boat.
- transitive
To transport in a boat.
Example: to boat goods
- transitive
To place in a boat.
Example: to boat oars
- obsolete, slang, transitive
To transport (deport to a penal colony).
Listed forms: boats, boating, boated.
Source: Wiktionary — boat.
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 boat.
noun
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
- gravy boat
- gravy holder
- sauceboat
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is boat in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of boat
B(3) + O(1) + A(1) + T(1) = 6 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 boat
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 boat
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in boat. Showing up to 24, longest first.