front: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with F · ends with T
Meaning of front
noun
- countable, uncountable
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- countable, uncountable
The side of a building with the main entrance.
Example: I'll go out the front, and you go out the back.
- countable, uncountable
A field of activity.
- countable, uncountable
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
Example: Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.
Listed forms: fronts.
Source: Wiktionary — front.
adj
Located at or near the front.
Example: The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
- comparable
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
Example: The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).
Source: Wiktionary — front.
verb
- transitive
To face, be opposite to.
- transitive
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
- transitive
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
- intransitive, transitive
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
Listed forms: fronts, fronting, fronted.
Source: Wiktionary — front.
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 front.
noun
the side that is forward or prominent
- front end
- forepart
noun
the line along which opposing armies face each other
- battlefront
- front line
noun
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- figurehead
- nominal head
noun
the immediate proximity of someone or something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is front in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of front
F(4) + R(1) + O(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 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 front
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 front
17 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in front. Showing up to 24, longest first.