dirt: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with D · ends with T
Meaning of dirt
noun
- US, uncountable, usually
Soil or earth.
- uncountable, usually
A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
- uncountable, usually
Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.
Example: The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
- figuratively, uncountable, usually
Meanness; sordidness.
Listed forms: dirts, durt.
Source: Wiktionary — dirt.
verb
- rare, transitive
To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty
Listed forms: dirts, dirting, dirted, durt.
Source: Wiktionary — dirt.
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 dirt.
adjective
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
noun
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
noun
anything regarded as making something unclean
noun
obscene terms for feces
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dirt 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 dirt
D(2) + I(1) + R(1) + T(1) = 5 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 dirt
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 dirt
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in dirt. Showing up to 24, longest first.