filter: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with F · ends with R
Meaning of filter
noun
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
Example: He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail.
- figuratively
Self-restraint in speech.
Example: He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result.
Listed forms: filters.
Source: Wiktionary — filter.
verb
- transitive
To sort, sift, or isolate.
Example: This strainer should filter out the large particles.
- transitive
To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
Example: The leaves of the trees filtered the light.
- intransitive
To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
Example: The water filtered through the rock and soil.
- intransitive
To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
Example: The crowd filtered into the theater.
Listed forms: filters, filtering, filtered.
Source: Wiktionary — filter.
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 filter.
verb
remove by passing through a filter
verb
pass through
verb
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is filter in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of filter
F(4) + I(1) + L(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 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 filter
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from filter
63 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in filter. Showing up to 24, longest first.