flag: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with F · ends with G
Meaning of flag
noun
- countable
A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- countable, uncountable
The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
Example: The flag of France has three vertical stripes.
- countable, uncountable
A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- attributive, countable, often, uncountable
A signal flag.
Listed forms: flags.
Source: Wiktionary — flag.
verb
To furnish or deck out with flags.
To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- often, with-down
To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
Example: Please flag down a taxi for me.
To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
Example: to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance
Listed forms: flags, flagging, flagged.
Source: Wiktionary — flag.
verb
- intransitive
To weaken, become feeble.
Example: His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
Listed forms: flags, flagging, flagged.
Source: Wiktionary — flag.
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 flag.
noun
a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
noun
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- iris
- fleur-de-lis
- sword lily
noun
a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- signal flag
noun
flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is flag 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 flag
F(4) + L(1) + A(1) + G(2) = 8 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 flag
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 flag
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in flag. Showing up to 24, longest first.