ford: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with F · ends with D
Meaning of ford
noun
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
A stream; a current.
Listed forms: fords, foorth.
Source: Wiktionary — ford.
verb
To cross a stream by walking through it.
- broadly
To traverse any precarious environment.
Listed forms: fords, fording, forded, foorth.
Source: Wiktionary — ford.
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Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
noun
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ford in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ford
F(4) + O(1) + R(1) + D(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 ford
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from ford
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