evening: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with E · ends with G
Meaning of evening
noun
- countable, uncountable
The time of day between afternoon and night.
Example: Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
- countable, uncountable
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
Example: It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
- countable, uncountable
A party or gathering held in the evening.
Listed forms: evenings.
Source: Wiktionary — evening.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of even
Base or related entry: even.
Source: Wiktionary — evening.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of evene
Base or related entry: evene.
Source: Wiktionary — evening.
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 evening.
noun
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
noun
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good evening
- good evening
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is evening in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of evening
E(1) + V(4) + E(1) + N(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 11 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 evening
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 evening
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in evening. Showing up to 24, longest first.