close: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of close
verb
- ambitransitive, physical
To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
Example: Close the door behind you when you leave.
- physical, transitive
To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To obstruct or block.
Example: They closed the road for the festival.
- intransitive, physical
To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To become denser or more crowded with objects.
Example: As we penetrated further, the forest closed around us.
- figuratively, intransitive, physical, transitive
To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To make or become unreceptive.
Example: He has closed his mind to new ideas.
Listed forms: closes, closing, closed, glossary, closest.
Source: Wiktionary — close.
noun
An end or conclusion.
Example: We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
A grapple in wrestling.
Listed forms: closes.
Source: Wiktionary — close.
adj
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. At little distance; near in space or time.
Example: Is your house close?
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
Example: No, but you were close.
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Almost resulting in disaster.
Example: Phew! That was close!
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
Example: Their ages are quite close.
Listed forms: closer, closest.
Source: Wiktionary — close.
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 close.
adjective
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
adjective
marked by fidelity to an original
adjective
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
adjective
crowded
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is close in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of close
C(3) + L(1) + O(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 7 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 close
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from close
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in close. Showing up to 24, longest first.