four: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with F · ends with R
Meaning of four
num
A numerical value equal to 4; the number following three and preceding five.
Example: There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Describing a set or group with four elements.
Listed forms: fower, fouh.
Source: Wiktionary — four.
noun
- countable
The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
- countable
Anything measuring four units, as length.
Example: Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
- countable, uncountable
Four o'clock.
- countable, uncountable
A person who is four years old.
Example: I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
Listed forms: fours, fower, fouh.
Source: Wiktionary — four.
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 four.
adjective
being one more than three
- 4
- iv
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- 4
- IV
- tetrad
- quatern
- quaternion
- quaternary
- quaternity
- quartet
- quadruplet
- foursome
- Little Joe
noun
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
- four-spot
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is four in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of four
F(4) + O(1) + U(1) + R(1) = 7 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 four
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 four
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in four. Showing up to 24, longest first.