column: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of column
noun
A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
Example: It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
Listed forms: columns.
Source: Wiktionary — column.
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 column.
noun
a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- chromatography column
noun
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
noun
an article giving opinions or perspectives
- editorial
- newspaper column
noun
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is column 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 column
C(3) + O(1) + L(1) + U(1) + M(3) + N(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 column
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 column
21 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in column. Showing up to 24, longest first.