cancer: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with C · ends with R
Meaning of cancer
noun
- countable, uncountable
A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.
Example: Sure, almost everything 'causes cancer' now. That said, I don't go hugging nuclear waste or acting like cancer itself is some conspiracy.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
Listed forms: cancers.
Source: Wiktionary — cancer.
adj
- offensive, slang, vulgar
Extremely unpleasant and annoying.
Example: I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.
Source: Wiktionary — cancer.
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 cancer.
noun
any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
- malignant neoplastic disease
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cancer in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cancer
C(3) + A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) + R(1) = 10 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 cancer
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 cancer
32 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cancer. Showing up to 24, longest first.