flight: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with F · ends with T
Meaning of flight
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of flying; the ability to fly.
Example: Most birds are capable of flight.
- countable, uncountable
The act of flying; the ability to fly. An instance of flying.
Example: The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
- countable, uncountable
The act of flying; the ability to fly. The trajectory or passage through air or space of a projectile, ship, etc.
Example: The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
- countable, uncountable
The act of flying; the ability to fly. A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape.
Example: The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
Listed forms: flights.
Source: Wiktionary — flight.
adj
- obsolete
Fast, swift, fleet.
Source: Wiktionary — flight.
verb
To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
- broadly, transitive
To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
Listed forms: flights, flighting, flighted.
Source: Wiktionary — flight.
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 flight.
noun
an instance of traveling by air
noun
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- flight of stairs
- flight of steps
noun
the act of escaping physically
noun
the path followed by an object moving through space
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is flight in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of flight
F(4) + L(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 13 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 flight
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 flight
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in flight. Showing up to 24, longest first.