feel: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with F · ends with L
Meaning of feel
verb
- copulative, transitive
To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
Example: You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
- transitive
To use or experience the sense of touch. To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
Example: I felt my way through the darkened room.
- intransitive
To use or experience the sense of touch. To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
- intransitive
To use or experience the sense of touch. To search by sense of touch.
Example: He felt (about) for the light switch in the dark.
Listed forms: feels, feeling, felt, glossary, feelest.
Source: Wiktionary — feel.
noun
A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.
Example: Bark has a rough feel.
A vague mental impression.
Example: You should get a feel for the area before moving in.
An act of fondling.
Example: She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
A vague understanding.
Example: I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
Listed forms: feels.
Source: Wiktionary — feel.
pron
- alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete
Alternative form of fele.
Base or related entry: fele.
Source: Wiktionary — feel.
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 feel.
noun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
noun
a property perceived by touch
- tactile property
verb
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
verb
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is feel in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of feel
F(4) + E(1) + E(1) + L(1) = 7 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 feel
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from feel
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in feel. Showing up to 24, longest first.