cost: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with C · ends with T
Meaning of cost
verb
- ditransitive, transitive
To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
Example: This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.
- ditransitive, transitive
To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
Example: Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
To calculate or estimate a price.
Example: I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.
Listed forms: costs, costing, costed.
Source: Wiktionary — cost.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
Example: The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.
- countable, uncountable
A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
Example: Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.
Listed forms: costs.
Source: Wiktionary — cost.
noun
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
- obsolete
Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
Listed forms: costs.
Source: Wiktionary — cost.
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 cost.
noun
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- monetary value
- price
noun
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
verb
be priced at
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cost in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cost
C(3) + O(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 6 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 cost
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from cost
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cost. Showing up to 24, longest first.