explore: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 16 letter points · starts with E · ends with E
Meaning of explore
verb
- transitive
To examine or investigate something systematically.
Example: The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
- transitive
To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
Example: It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
- intransitive
To examine diagnostically.
- transitive
To (seek) experience first hand.
Example: It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
Listed forms: explores, exploring, explored.
Source: Wiktionary — explore.
noun
- colloquial
An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
Listed forms: explores.
Source: Wiktionary — explore.
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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verb
inquire into
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is explore in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of explore
E(1) + X(8) + P(3) + L(1) + O(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 16 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 explore
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 explore
52 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in explore. Showing up to 24, longest first.