gold: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with G · ends with D
Meaning of gold
noun
- countable, uncountable
(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.
- countable, uncountable
A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
Example: The pirates were searching for gold.
- uncountable
A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
- countable
The bullseye of an archery target.
Example: Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.
Listed forms: golds, gould.
Source: Wiktionary — gold.
adj
- not-comparable, usually
Made of gold.
Example: a gold chain
- not-comparable, usually
Having the colour of gold.
Example: gold sticker
- not-comparable, usually
Premium, superior.
- not-comparable, usually
Of a musical recording, having sold 500,000 copies.
Listed forms: golder, goldest, gould.
Source: Wiktionary — gold.
verb
- transitive
To appear or cause to appear golden.
Listed forms: golds, golding, golded, gould.
Source: Wiktionary — gold.
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 gold.
adjective
made from or covered with gold
adjective
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
noun
a deep yellow color
noun
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
- Au
- atomic number 79
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gold in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of gold
G(2) + O(1) + L(1) + D(2) = 6 points.
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Anagrams of gold
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 gold
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