boot: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with B · ends with T
Meaning of boot
noun
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
- uncountable
A blow with the foot; a kick.
A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
Listed forms: boots.
Source: Wiktionary — boot.
verb
- transitive
To kick.
Example: I booted the ball toward my teammate.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
- Canada, US, colloquial, usually
To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
Example: The storm is coming fast! Boot it!
- informal
To eject; kick out.
Example: We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible.
Listed forms: boots, booting, booted.
Source: Wiktionary — boot.
noun
- uncountable
Profit, plunder.
- countable, uncountable
That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
- archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Remedy, amends.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Profit; gain; advantage; use.
Listed forms: boots.
Source: Wiktionary — boot.
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 boot.
noun
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- luggage compartment
- automobile trunk
- trunk
noun
the swift release of a store of affective force
noun
an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
- the boot
- iron boot
- iron heel
noun
the act of delivering a blow with the foot
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is boot in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of boot
B(3) + O(1) + O(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 boot
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 boot
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in boot. Showing up to 24, longest first.