door: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with D · ends with R
Meaning of door
noun
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
Example: bathroom door, bedroom door, doorkey, exterior door, interior door
- in-plural, metonymically
A building with a door, especially a house.
Example: His house is three doors down.
Any flap, etc., that opens like a door.
Example: cupboard door
An entry point.
Listed forms: doors, doore, durre.
Source: Wiktionary — door.
verb
- transitive
To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
Listed forms: doors, dooring, doored, doore, durre.
Source: Wiktionary — door.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is door in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of door
D(2) + O(1) + O(1) + R(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 door
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from door
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in door. Showing up to 24, longest first.