border: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with B · ends with R
Meaning of border
noun
- countable, uncountable
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
Example: The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
- countable, uncountable
The outer edge of something.
Example: the borders of the garden
- countable, uncountable
A decorative strip around the edge of something.
Example: There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
- countable, uncountable
A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
Listed forms: borders.
Source: Wiktionary — border.
verb
- transitive
To put a border on something.
- transitive
To form a border around; to bound.
- transitive
To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
Example: Denmark borders Germany to the south.
- intransitive
To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
Example: Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
Listed forms: borders, bordering, bordered.
Source: Wiktionary — border.
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 border.
noun
a line that indicates a boundary
- boundary line
- borderline
- delimitation
- mete
noun
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
noun
the boundary of a surface
noun
a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is border in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of border
B(3) + O(1) + R(1) + D(2) + E(1) + R(1) = 9 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 border
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 border
37 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in border. Showing up to 24, longest first.