danger: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with D · ends with R
Meaning of danger
noun
- countable, uncountable
Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
Example: There's plenty of danger in the desert.
- countable, uncountable
An instance or cause of likely serious harm.
- countable, uncountable
The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
Example: The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.
- UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable
A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.
Listed forms: dangers.
Source: Wiktionary — danger.
verb
- obsolete
To claim liability.
- obsolete
To imperil; to endanger.
- obsolete
To run the risk.
Listed forms: dangers, dangering, dangered.
Source: Wiktionary — danger.
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 danger.
noun
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is danger in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of danger
D(2) + A(1) + N(1) + G(2) + E(1) + R(1) = 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 danger
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from danger
64 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in danger. Showing up to 24, longest first.