fence: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of fence
noun
- countable, uncountable
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- countable, informal, uncountable
Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
The place whence such a middleman operates.
- countable, uncountable
Skill in oral debate.
Listed forms: fences.
Source: Wiktionary — fence.
verb
- transitive
To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- transitive
To defend or guard.
- transitive
To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- ambitransitive
To engage in the sport of fencing (against).
Listed forms: fences, fencing, fenced.
Source: Wiktionary — fence.
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 fence.
noun
a barrier that serves to enclose an area
verb
enclose with a fence
- fence in
verb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
verb
have an argument about something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is fence in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of fence
F(4) + E(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 10 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 fence
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 fence
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in fence. Showing up to 24, longest first.