cloud: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with C · ends with D
Meaning of cloud
noun
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
Anything reminiscent of a cloud.
Example: The ship moved forward under a cloud of sail.
Anything which makes things foggy, unclear or gloomy.
Listed forms: clouds, cloude, clowd.
Source: Wiktionary — cloud.
verb
- intransitive
To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
Example: The glass clouds when you breathe on it.
- transitive
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
Example: The sky is clouded.
Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- transitive
To make obscure.
Example: All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue.
Listed forms: clouds, clouding, clouded, cloude, clowd.
Source: Wiktionary — cloud.
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 cloud.
noun
a group of many things in the air or on the ground
verb
make overcast or cloudy
verb
make less visible or unclear
verb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cloud in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cloud
C(3) + L(1) + O(1) + U(1) + D(2) = 8 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 cloud
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from cloud
19 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cloud. Showing up to 24, longest first.