field: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with F · ends with D
Meaning of field
noun
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
Example: There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
- plural-normally
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country. The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
Example: There were some cows grazing in a field.
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier. When coupled with a number (e.g. two-field) used to define types of crop rotation, denoting the number of different crop types (and possibly fallow) that are used.
Listed forms: fields.
Source: Wiktionary — field.
verb
- transitive
To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- intransitive
To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
Example: The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.
- transitive
To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
Example: The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
- transitive
To answer; to address.
Example: She will field questions immediately after her presentation.
Listed forms: fields, fielding, fielded.
Source: Wiktionary — field.
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 field.
noun
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- battlefield
- battleground
- field of battle
- field of honor
noun
a branch of knowledge
- discipline
- subject
- subject area
- subject field
- field of study
- study
- bailiwick
noun
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- field of force
- force field
noun
a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- field of operation
- line of business
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is field in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of field
F(4) + I(1) + E(1) + L(1) + D(2) = 9 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 field
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from field
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in field. Showing up to 24, longest first.